Fighting malware and spam
2012-01-01
Abstract
The latest variants of IRC-based botnets, such as the NGR botnet, are designed to steal sensitive information by exploiting browser processes and acting as backdoors. Aditya Sood and colleagues discuss the framework of the NGR bot version 1.1.0.0, which is growing in prominence in the malware world.
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