Despite that it's already been a couple of months since RBN's main ASN got "withdrawn" from the Internet due the public pressure put on the Russian Business Network's malicious activities, hundreds of malware variants continue trying to access their C&Cs and update locations from RBN's old netblock. Malware puppets with no master to connect to despite their endless efforts - now these are the real zombies if we're to stick to the terminology. Catch up with more details on RBNs migration, and extended partnership network.
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008
RBN's Malware Puppets Need Their Master
Despite that it's already been a couple of months since RBN's main ASN got "withdrawn" from the Internet due the public pressure put on the Russian Business Network's malicious activities, hundreds of malware variants continue trying to access their C&Cs and update locations from RBN's old netblock. Malware puppets with no master to connect to despite their endless efforts - now these are the real zombies if we're to stick to the terminology. Catch up with more details on RBNs migration, and extended partnership network.
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