What a Botnet Looks Like
Original post provide by Slashdot: ITEsther Schindler writes “CSO has an annotated, zoomable map of real botnet topologies showing shows the interconnections between the compromised computers and the command-and-control systems that direct them. The map is based on work by security researcher David Voreland; it has interactive controls so you can zoom in and explore botnets’ inner workings. Hackers use botnets for spamming, DDoS attacks and identity theft. One recent example is the Storm botnet, which may have comprised 1 million or more zombie systems at its peak. As with any networking challenge, there are good (resilient) designs and some not-so-good ones. In some cases the topology may be indicative of a particular botnet’s purpose, or of a herder on the run.”
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Firefox Vietnamese Language Pack Infected With Trojan
An anonymous reader writes "Wired.com is reporting that the Firefox browser has been unknowingly distributing a trojan with the Firefox Vietnamese language pack. Over 16,000 downloads of the pack occurred since being infected. This highlights a risk on relying on user-submitted Firefox extensions, or a lack of peer-review of the extensions, many of which receive frequent upgrades."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
PHP Universal Feed Parser
Package: PHP Universal Feed Parser Summary: Parse RSS and ATOM feeds Groups: PHP 5, XML Author: Anis uddin ahmad Description: This class can be used to parse feeds in the RSS and ATOM formats.
Pg_email
The class processes the template, eventually replacing template variables inserted in the text and HTML body data. The processed messages can be sent immediately or saved to files. A log file may be updated as the messages are sent.
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