Lavasoft Security Bulletin - October 2014: Bot Review

Bot Review

Table: Bots under analysis (October 2014, Lavasoft MAS).


Bot Family September 2014 October 2014 Changes
Zbot 26 26 0.0%
Cycbot 31 21 -12.5%
Kelihos 12 5 -8.8%
NrgBot/Dorkbot 13 10 -3.8%
SpyEye n/a 2 2.5%
Shiz 1 16 18.8%
Total 83 80



Bot distribution in October:

Kelihos. You can find the latest description of Kelihos here.

Cycbot. You can find the latest description of Cycbot here.

Shiz. The latest example is here.

Zbot. See the report in Malware Encyclopedia. 31% of alive Zeus backdoors use Tor network to connect C&C.

NrgBot/Dorkbot. You can find the latest description here.

SpyEye. See the report in Malware Encyclopedia.

Read also:
Lavasoft Security Bulletin - October 2014: Top Threats.
Potentially Unwanted Program Self-Protection Technologies.

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