Donbot botnet explained

Fullname:Donbot Botnet
Common Name:Bonbot
Aliases:Buzus and Bachsoy
Type:Botnet

Donbot, also known by its aliases Buzus and Bachsoy,[1] is a botnet mostly involved in sending pharmaceutical and stock-based e-mail spam.[2] [3]

The Donbot botnet is thought to consist of roughly 125,000 individual computers,[2] which together send 800 million spam messages a day.[4] This amount equals about 1.3% of the estimated total global spam volume[5] of 230 billion messages a day,[6] though the botnet has known spikes where it accounted for up to 4% of the total spam volume.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Donbot . M86 Security . April 20, 2009 . July 30, 2010.
  2. Web site: Spam Botnets to Watch in 2009 | Dell SecureWorks . Secureworks.com . Joe . Stewart . . 2009-01-13 . 2014-01-09 . 2010-11-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101130025626/http://secureworks.com/research/threats/botnets2009/ . dead .
  3. Web site: Aharon Etengoff . August 28, 2009 . Nefarious Donbot spews URL-shortened spam . TG Daily . July 30, 2010 . Web site: 'Donbot' launches pump-and-dump run > Botnet > Vulnerabilities & Exploits > News > SC Magazine Australia/NZ . Securecomputing.net.au . July 30, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100829201351/http://www.securecomputing.net.au/News/163233,donbot-launches-pumpanddump-run.aspx . August 29, 2010 . dead .
  4. Web site: The top 10 spam botnets: New and improved | 10 Things | TechRepublic.com . Blogs.techrepublic.com.com . February 25, 2010 . July 30, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20120829013652/http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10things/the-top-10-spam-botnets-new-and-improved/1373. August 29, 2012 .
  5. Web site: Rustock - The King of All Other Botnets . SPAMfighter . January 1, 1990 . July 30, 2010.
  6. Web site: The top 10 'most wanted' spam-spewing botnets . Networkworld.com . July 30, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121012181355/http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/071510-top-spam-botnets.html . October 12, 2012 .
  7. Web site: Shaun Nichols in San Francisco . Botnet begins social networking spam run - V3.co.uk - formerly vnunet.com . V3.co.uk . July 30, 2010.

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