The following is excerpted from a talk I gave at the 2012 APCERT meeting in Bali, Indonesia in March, 2012. The topic was on botnet population measurements, something that we’ve been doing for many years and has grown in importance. What do we mean when we talk about measuring botnet populations? We are trying to [...]
2011, and now 2012, appear to be years of major populist protests regarding political processes around the world. Russia is no different. News reports of protests in the streets of Moscow have been increasing, with protesters demanding election reforms and fairness. It is in this backdrop that we’re seeing DDoS attacks against some websites. A [...]
The popular file sharing site MegaUpload was shut down by the US FBI and Department of Justice on Thursday, January 19, and executives from the company were taken into custody. This story is very well covered by the Wall Street Journal and includes a copy of the indictment for your reading. As you would expect, [...]