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Researchers Detail Faster Methods to Defeat Botnets Like Conficker and Kraken

By CircleID Reporter
  • August 08, 2012, 7:28 pm PDT
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Michael Cooney reporting in NetworkWorld: “Security researchers this week will detail a prototype system they say can better detect so-called Domain Name Generation- (DGA) based botnets such as Conficker and Kraken without the usual labor- and time-intensive reverse-engineering required to find and defeat such malware. The detection system, called Pleiades, monitors traffic below the local DNS server and analyzes streams of unsuccessful DNS resolutions…”

Related Links:
Prototype system goes after DNS-based botnets NetworkWorld
From Throw-Away Traffic to Bots: Detecting the Rise of DGA-Based Malware USENIX

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