Comments on: FBI's 'Bot Roast' http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/fbis-bot-roast Tue, 29 Nov 2011 07:51:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Allysa Myers http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/fbis-bot-roast/comment-page-1#comment-10348 Allysa Myers Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:07:20 +0000 http://blogs.mcafee.com/2007/06/13/fbis-bot-roast/#comment-10348 That's supposed to be one of the purposes of Operation Bot Roast - they had identified 1 million infected machines, and are in the process of trying to contact those users to let them know they're infected. This will probably not catch 100% of infected users, nor will they necessarily be able to contact 100% of the users that they do identify, but it's certainly a worthwhile effort. It's assumed that most, if not all, infected users don't know they're currently infected. What I think even more people don't realize, is that once they do identify the infection, it's important to also report these cybercrimes. I don't think people think of things like bot infections as actual crimes yet - just as computer-annoyances. They are far more serious than that, and each one of us has a job to do in preventing crime. That’s supposed to be one of the purposes of Operation Bot Roast – they had identified 1 million infected machines, and are in the process of trying to contact those users to let them know they’re infected.

This will probably not catch 100% of infected users, nor will they necessarily be able to contact 100% of the users that they do identify, but it’s certainly a worthwhile effort. It’s assumed that most, if not all, infected users don’t know they’re currently infected.

What I think even more people don’t realize, is that once they do identify the infection, it’s important to also report these cybercrimes. I don’t think people think of things like bot infections as actual crimes yet – just as computer-annoyances. They are far more serious than that, and each one of us has a job to do in preventing crime.

]]> By: Alex http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/fbis-bot-roast/comment-page-1#comment-10347 Alex Wed, 04 Jul 2007 04:00:52 +0000 http://blogs.mcafee.com/2007/06/13/fbis-bot-roast/#comment-10347 It's good to hear reports like this. However, here is a sad thing. To file a complaint you have to be a victim. But the real victim may not know yet his/her computer is a part of a botnet and this computer is actively used to steal other's ids, i.e. creates more victims. Then it may get too late to react on this piece of a botnet. It’s good to hear reports like this. However, here is a sad thing. To file a complaint you have to be a victim. But the real victim may not know yet his/her computer is a part of a botnet and this computer is actively used to steal other’s ids, i.e. creates more victims. Then it may get too late to react on this piece of a botnet.

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