Kraken botnet
The Kraken botnet was the world's largest botnet as of April 2008[update]. Researchers say that Kraken infected machines in at least 50 of the Fortune 500 companies and grew to over 400,000 bots.[1] It was estimated to send 9 billion spam messages per day. Kraken botnet malware may have been designed to evade anti-virus software, and employed techniques to stymie conventional anti-virus software.[2]
In April 2008, Damballa released instructions for removing Kraken malware from computers and a list of IPs that are part of the Kraken botnet.[citation needed] The list[which?] shows that on April 13, 2008, there were 495,000 computers in the Kraken botnet.[citation needed]
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References
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- Fisher, Dennis, Kraken botnet balloons to dangerous levels, SearchSecurity.com, Apr. 7, 2008, retrieved 2008-04-07
- Orion, Egan, There's a new botnet worm on the loose: Kraken seeks to sink the Fortune 500, The Inquirer, April 7, 2008, retrieved 2008-04-07
- Neri, Kraken Botnet, la Botnet mas grande del Mundo, retrieved 2008-04-07, en español.
- Pierce, Cody, Owning Kraken Zombies, a Detailed Dissection, 2008-04-28, retrieved 2008-04-28
- Amini, Pedram, Kraken Botnet Infiltration, 2008-04-28, retrieved 2008-04-28
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