Security firm Trend Micro has announced a new service
aimed at identifying botnet activity – networks of compromised
machines that can be remotely controlled by an
attacker.
Botnets are used to carry out distributed denial-of-service
attacks, distribute spam, steal identities through phishing
and other criminal activities.
Trend Micro’s InterCloud Security Service offers users the
ability to quarantine and – if required – clean up bot-infected PCs
and is designed to meet the high-end performance and scalability
needs of internet service providers, universities and other major
network providers.
Users are given access to a service delivery platform that
provides threat intelligence and security updates from Trend
Micro’s bot identification team, while a web-based management
portal allows centralised policy and update management, and can
provide customisable reports on recent policy violations.
