Xarvester, the new Srizbi?

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Xarvester, the new Srizbi?
Botnet	Xarvester
Malware
Botnet/malware group
Exploit kits
Services
Feature
Distribution vector
Target
Origin
Campaign
Operation/Working group
Vulnerability
CCProtocol
Date	2009 / 2009-01-12
Editor/Conference	M86 Security Labs
Link	http://labs.m86security.com/2009/01/xarvester-the-new-srizbi/ (Archive copy)
Author	Gavin Neale
Type

Abstract

“ Those watching our spam stats may have noticed a new spam bot named Xarvester appearing at the top of our charts over the last several weeks. The Xarvester botnet began to increase its spam output soon after the McColo shutdown. At that time three of the major botnets, Rustock, Srizbi and Mega-D were unable to send spam. Since then Rustock and Mega-D have returned to being two of the largest spamming botnets however Srizbi has yet to return.

Bibtex

 @misc{2009BFR1218,
   editor = {M86 Security Labs},
   author = {Gavin Neale},
   title = {Xarvester, the new Srizbi?},
   date = {12},
   month = Jan,
   year = {2009},
   howpublished = {\url{http://labs.m86security.com/2009/01/xarvester-the-new-srizbi/}},
 }