The FBI sent out a press release stating that 1 million homes may be infected with bots. Arbor Networks’ Chief Research Officer, Danny McPherson talks with CNET editor Robert Vamosi about “Operation Bot Roast.”
It seems the text cited below has been updated on the FBI’s release, with the “You should contact your Internet service provider” bit removed, and replaced with “Ways to Protect Your Computer“. See, they indeed do listen! Now I have no complaints about Operation: Bot Roast — though that does remind me, it’s getting time [...]
During the ISP Security BOF at NANOG 40 last week in Bellevue, Washington, John Kristoff of Neustar Ultra Services provided a nice summary of what actually occurred during the February 6/7, 2007 DNS attacks. He began by providing a summary of the considerable amount of mis-information provided about the attacks, with his personal favorite being [...]