Monday, December 03, 2007 2:30 PM
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Symantec Security Response Weblog: Bot Roast II completed
Bot Roast II completed
On November 29 the FBI announced the results of its second Bot Roast (see the FBI release). This is the FBI operation responsible for hunting out and attempting to bring to justice cyber criminals involved in cultivating botnets. These botnets, which can call home to millions of computers, are responsible for millions of dollars in financial losses at both a corporate and consumer level. The FBI operation has resulted in the successful capture, indictment, and/or sentencing of multiple criminals. In the long run it may be only a small slice of the world of botnets, but make no mistake, any gains in fighting this epidemic are well received. The FBI and those involved should be commended.
Of course, what's a blog entry without the standard "practice safe computing" comment: Insure your system is patched and protected as best as possible through the use of a security package. Anything we as computer users can do to prevent losses, both in terms of data and economically, will help keep cyber criminals like these at bay.
Posted by Brian Ewell on November 29, 2007 01:30 PM
Source: Symantec Security Response Weblog: Bot Roast II completed
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