alexalex Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 The Kelihos botnet, which researchers at Kaspersky Lab and Microsoft disrupted last fall by sinkholing the control channel, has sprung back to life and is using only slightly different versions of the original malware and controller list. The rejuvenation of the botnet illustrates the difficulty of permanently disabling these networks and the perseverance of the attackers who count on them for their livelihood.... So what's happened since that takedown in September is pretty much what Werner predicted. The Kelihos network has reformed and is back in action, in only slightly modified form. ... The new version of Kelihos seems to have appeared within a couple of days of the botnet takedown in late September, and the attackers behind it are continuing to use it for spam runs. Last week,Microsoft added a Russian man named Andrey Sabelnikov to its civil complaint against the Kelihos botmasters. http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/kelihos-botnet-resurfaces-013112?utm_source=Newsletter_020112&utm_medium=Email+Marketing&utm_campaign=Newsletter&CID=&CID= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusi0n Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 meh, take them down again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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