Tuesday 12 February 2008

Mayday BotNet even more powerful than Storm

Big story. Small surprise.

A new peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet even more powerful and stealthy than the infamous Storm has begun infiltrating mostly U.S.-based large enterprises, educational institutions, and customers of major ISPs.


Experts are confused because the leading anti-virus software can't seem to detect this malware.

Cox says Damballa is not sure why AV engines aren't detecting MayDay's malware. "Is it because of the advanced techniques it's using in how the malware is constructed? Or have AV companies not been able to identify these pieces of malware?"


You can't detect it because it's super advanced, dummies! Unlike your brains. It's coded by experts paradigms beyond the current level of technological expertise. It's polymorphic, ever-evolving code is nigh-on organic. It's collecting, gathering, been woven into the web by The Weavers. They're just waiting for the sign to push it into 'Storm Mode'.

Read the story.

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