Bamital
Bamital was a botnet that was taken offline by Microsoft and Symantec on February 6, 2013 after extensive investigations and on the basis of a court order.
From Bamital infected computer Internet searches were redirected to Web pages that contaminated the affected computer with additional malware. In addition, advertisements were viewed that generated an estimated income of at least one million dollars a year for botnet operators. A total of 8 million PCs are said to have been infected in the two years before the botnet was closed.
Bamital has been observed by Symantec since its discovery in 2009. To combat the botnet, Symantec has partnered with Microsoft.
The action against Bamital ran under the code name "b58". On January 31, 2013, lawsuits were filed against 18 people and companies in Virginia . On February 6, 2013, two data centers in Virginia and New Jersey were searched by a court order and the botnet's control servers were disconnected from the Internet. Affected computers were redirected to an information page.
On its website, Symantec announced the success on February 7, 2013 with the headline " Bamital Bites the Dust " ( Bamital Bites the Dust ).
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c d e Matthias Kremp: Action against botnet: Microsoft and Symantec free eight million zombie PCs . Spiegel Online, February 7, 2013
- ↑ a b c Bamital Bites the Dust . Symantec Blog, February 7, 2013
- ↑ Microsoft and Symantec paralyze Bamital botnet . Heise Online, February 7, 2013