New ZeuS botnet no longer needs Central Command Servers

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Submission + - New ZeuS botnet no longer needs Central Command Servers (networkworld.com)

Submitted by c0mpliant on Friday February 24, 2012 @12:12PM

c0mpliant writes: Researchers at Symantec have identified a new varient of the ZeuS botnet which no long requires a Command and Control server. The new varient uses a P2P system which means that each bot acts like a C&C server, but none of them really are. The effect of which means that take downs of such a network will be extremely difficult because there is no one central source to attack

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