Backdoor.Java.Agent.a, a malicious Java application that infects machines for the purpose of building a DDoS botnet. The botnet communicates over IRC and can carry out distributed denial of service attacks using either HTTP or UDP flood attacks. Running on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X machines. [LINK: http://threatpost.com/cross-platform-java-bot-used-for-ddos-attacks/103912]
[LINK: http://threatpost.com/cross-platform-java-bot-used-for-ddos-attacks/103912]