Bot Herders Ready Attack Against Message Forums
Botnet controllers may be planning a large-scale attack against message forums, TechWeb has learned.
The SANS Institute’s Internet Storm Center (ISC) noted that a bot going by the name “FuntKlakow” has registered on thousands of phpBB forums. Speculating, ISC analyst Marcus Sachs noted that the bot’s owner(s) may be preparing to exploit a zero-day vulnerability against the popular php bulletin board software.
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