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South Korea to take stab at bot law
07/13/2010
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Vivian Yeo - July 13, 2010
SINGAPORE--The South Korean government is preparing draft legislation that would, among other provisions, accord ISPs (Internet service providers) and appointed government agencies the necessary powers to prevent compromised computers from accessing the Internet, according to an academic from the country.
Having initiated consultation with the private sector since July 2009, the South Korean administration is now set to commence public consultation on the proposed zombie PC prevention law next month, Heung Youl Youm, professor in Soonchunhyang University's Department of Information Security Engineering, said Tuesday. He was speaking on the sidelines of the Regional Collaboration in Cyber Security Conference held here this week, organized by the National University of Singapore's Institute of Systems Science and the U.S. National Defense University iCollege.
Zombie PCs, or bots, are malware-infected systems that can be remotely controlled by cybercriminals. These machines are typically hijacked systems of unsuspecting users and used as part of a botnet for to launch spam, identity theft or denial-of-service (DoS) attacks.
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