Kelihos/Hlux botnet returns with new techniques

(Publication) Google search: [1]

Kelihos/Hlux botnet returns with new techniques
Botnet	Kelihos, Hlux
Malware
Botnet/malware group
Exploit kits
Services
Feature
Distribution vector
Target
Origin
Campaign
Operation/Working group
Vulnerability
CCProtocol
Date	2012 / 31 janvier 2011
Editor/Conference	Kaspersky lab
Link	http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/655/Kelihos Hlux botnet returns with new techniques (Archive copy)
Author	Maria Garnaeva
Type

Abstract

“ t has been four months since Microsoft and Kaspersky Lab announced the disruption of Kelihos/Hlux botnet. The sinkholing method that was used has its advantages — it is possible to disable a botnet rather quickly without taking control over the infrastructure.However,as this particular case showed, it is not very effective if the botnet’s masters are still at large.

Not long after we disrupted Kehilos/Hlux, we came across new samples that seemed to be very similar to the initial version. After some investigation, we gathered all the differences between the two versions. This is a summary of our findings: ...

Bibtex

 @misc{2012BFR842,
   editor = {Kaspersky lab},
   author = {Maria Garnaeva},
   title = {Kelihos/Hlux botnet returns with new techniques},
   date = {},
   month = ,
   year = {2012},
   howpublished = {\url{http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/655/Kelihos_Hlux_botnet_returns_with_new_techniques}},
 }