Is botnet C and C headed for the cloud?

Researchers at HCL Technology, a strategic partner of CA, found a hacked server on Amazon�s Web Services� cloud infrastructure working as a command-and-control server for the Zeus botnet. The researchers said the intruders probably found a server -- a �target of opportunity� -- and hacked it to install their malware. The Zeus server has been removed. The Zeus botnet has been responsible for losses of over $100 million, mostly from bank fraud.

Security company Arbor Networks in August found a botnet using Twitter as a command-and-control channel for its bots.

In September, Symantec researchers found the Chinese-language Grups Trojan using the Google Groups newsgroup escape2sun to distribute commands.

Want to make any predictions?

InfoWorld story here. �Hackers find a home in Amazon's EC2 cloud�

Register story from August: �Twitter transformed into botnet command channel�

Register: �Trojan taps Google Groups as command network�

Tom Kelchner