Koobface Worm Doubles Its Number Of Command And Control Servers In 48 Hours
The shut down and recovery of the Troyak-as command and control center (C&C) for the active Zeus botnet was good news for the whole IT security community. But unfortunately, as some botnets struggle, others stay unaffected. As part of their relentless effort to stay ahead of cybercriminals, Kaspersky Lab's research and analysis team have recently monitored a surge in Koobface C&C servers, the highly prolific worm infesting social networking sites. Koobface targets sites such as Facebook and Twitter, and uses compromised legitimate websites as proxies for its main command and control (C&C) server.
Definition of Command & Control Center: Command and Control centers are servers maintained by the owners of a botnet and used to enable the infected computers to "call back to their masters" and get updates and commands, such as downloading new or more malware, or stealing various computer files or personal information, such as banking accounts.
