Current Internet Threat Level

Regular vigilance. Ordinary activity compromises an unprotected network minutes to hours after first being connected to the Internet.

IBM X-Force: The IBM X-Force has published a write-up to address the Kraken Botnet. Although some samples may evade antivirus technologies, the majority of samples are detected with behavior-based detection. The main purpose of the Kraken bot appears to be spam relay.

IBM X-Force: The antivirus technologies in IBM ISS host and network products have detected all of the samples X-Force has collected as of 4/11/2008 9 AM EST. In addition to antivirus coverage, Proventia ADS has specific botnet detection capabilities for Kraken.

We anticipate remaining at AlertCon 1.