Here’s how the private sector wants to fight botnets
In an effort protect the internet and its denizens from coordinated, automated cyberattacks, an industry group released an “International Anti-Botnet Guide” on Thursday. The guide offers best practices to collectively secure the digital ecosystem from botnets, the large networks of computer systems that malicious cyber actors use to automate and scale destructive online activity spreading malware like distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. The guide was put together by the Council to Secure the Digital Economy (CSDE), a group of trade associations that represent the technology industry, including USTelecom, Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) and Consumer Technology Association (CTA). At an event announcing the new guide in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, industry representatives touted the effort as a stepping stone for market self-regulation that will curb the cyber risks that organizations often face when acting alone. “The fact that our companies touch virtually every single country is proof-of-concept that we […]
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