CRIM 218 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: International Criminal Court, Radicalization, Embezzlement
13 Dec 2015
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Used botnets to send millions of messages to estonian. Isps, banks, telecommunications companies, media websites, and government websites. Triggered widespread public chaos, disabled/hindered access to online info. Removed a soviet-era war memorial, including the bronze. Recall that estonia was occupied by the ussr during wwii, and had just recently regained its independence. Army of compromised machines, or zombies , under control and command of botherder. Infects millions of computers with malware and spyware, launches crippling denial of service attacks, sends massive quantities of spam (phishing attempts) Unsuspecting user clicks on infected email attachment, or downloads freeware or file from peer-to-peer networks or malicious websites. User unknowingly downloads a bot, or a trojan with embedded payload. Once the machine becomes a zombie, it is instructed to search for other vulnerable machines. Can purchase botnet software from russian criminals for. The return of the stuxnet worm the us. Purportedly developed by israel, perhaps with help from.
