Showing posts with label Botnet. Show all posts
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
FBI: DDoS Botnet Has Been Modified
In a flash report about Brobot, the botnet used by the hacktivist group Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters, the FBI notes that attack scripts have been modified. "The FBI Cyber Division assesses that these scripts have been modified by the actors in an attempt to increase the effectiveness with which the scripts evade detection," the report states. "Because the attacks have been ongoing for seven months, the actors are changing their attack methodology to circumvent mitigation efforts of the financial institutions."
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