ESET: Coordinated efforts by various law enforcement authorities around the world led to its termination modeς του δικτύου Avalanche, το οποίο για αρκετά χρόνια πρόσφερε σε διάφορους χειριστές botnet additional protection against domain takedown and blacklisting.
ESET advises users to control their computers through the free tool ESET Online Scanner to determine if they have been infected by any of the botnets using the network. The tool removes the harmful content which detects in the system for free.
Avalanche is a network known as fast-flow or constantly changing, and consists of malicious hosts that act as proxy servers.
Αυτή η τεχνική δυσκολεύει τους ειδικούς της ασφάλειας να χαρτογραφήσουν την υποδομή της επίθεσης και να προσδιορίσουν τον πραγματικό command & control server.
ESET has a long history of supporting law enforcement efforts worldwide against malware cases, including the case of the Dorkbot botnet – which infected thousands of computers every week – as well as the Enterprise Windigo, which stole personal information and redirected web traffic to malicious content.
More information about the Avalanche network in the article at Welivesecurity.com «Avalanche Takedown: Check if you're safe. "
