Detect Botnets Before They Wreak Havoc

If your enterprise is connected to the Internet, then you are the target of a bot-driven attack. It is not a question of if or when you'll be compromised — it's a question of how bad the problem already is, and how soon before your staff can identify or minimize the damage. Botnet attacks employ highly organized malware armies to obtain secret control over enterprise assets. Compromised hosts are then linked to criminally motivated external parties that utilize them for a wide variety of nefarious activities such as denial-of-service attacks or theft of services or confidential information. In addition to harming your own company, botnet attacks can also unknowingly be sent out from your network to other organizations, causing even more damage and potentially hurting your corporate reputation.

Unlike widespread attacks, targeted botnet attacks are very stealth in nature and are difficult to detect using traditional security solutions. Despite their quiet nature, botnet attacks can cause very expensive, sometimes irreparable damage to an organization. Online, professional criminal organizations invest heavily in botnets for one simple reason — malware armies are extremely profitable.

The combination of Lancope's StealthWatch for integrated security, network and application performance monitoring with Failsafe technology from partner Damballa provides immediate and unprecedented visibility into compromised assets and bot-driven attacks. Instead of relying on signatures for known attacks, this integrated solution analyzes network behavior to detect anomalous communication patterns that might indicate bot activity. The innovative approach is cost-effective and enables fast, effective remediation of this especially damaging attack method.