The Government will start operations of its malware and botnet cleaning center from tomorrow, according to a Tweet re-tweeted by Ministry of Electronics and IT (MEITY). The center, set up by CERT-In (Indian Computer Emergency Response Team), will be responsible for helping citizens disinfect their devices of malware, botnets etc. Major #cybersecurity initiative of @_DigitalIndia : Soft launch of Botnet Cleaning Centre of @IndianCERT from Dec 20. @inregistry — Ajay Kumar (@drajaykumar_ias) December 18, 2016 The botnet center will work with ISPs in India for reporting and warning users of malware. According to CERT-In it can easily identify which IP addresses are infected since they send out bots or spam, which can then be reported to ISPs. ISPs can direct users to the CERT-In website, where users will find tools for dealing with the particular infection. Since CERT-In can only detect outgoing attack traffic, it will be useless against viruses that look to attack a user’s system. However, if the agency works as advertised, it should help in stopping major bot networks from forming in the country and preventing DDoS attacks like the one in July that slowed down Internet traffic in Mumbai, prompting MTNL to block port 25 on its network. Note that it’s not clear which ISPs the agency has currently partnered with, but state telcos like BSNL and MTNL might be a safe bet. It’s also worth noting that the botnet cleaning center was first mulled in 2014, with the Government proposing setting one up through Cert-in,…
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