- Jan 24, 2011
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Security researchers have identified a botnet of Chinese origin that is mainly used to launch distributed denial-of-service attacks against companies connected to the mining industry.
Dubbed JKDDOS by Arbor Networks, a company specializing in network security solutions, the malware was first observed back in Septmeber 2009.
Since then there have been over 50 variations with the last one in December 2010, making this an active botnet. The samples are usually small in size, averaging at around 30 KB.
"Based on its recent history of attacks, the operators of this family appear to have an axe to grind against several relatively large international holding companies that have connections to the mining industry," notes Jeff Edwards, a research analyst with Arbor's ASERT team.
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Dubbed JKDDOS by Arbor Networks, a company specializing in network security solutions, the malware was first observed back in Septmeber 2009.
Since then there have been over 50 variations with the last one in December 2010, making this an active botnet. The samples are usually small in size, averaging at around 30 KB.
"Based on its recent history of attacks, the operators of this family appear to have an axe to grind against several relatively large international holding companies that have connections to the mining industry," notes Jeff Edwards, a research analyst with Arbor's ASERT team.
More details - link
