Targeting Spam > Shadowserver Battles the Botnets
[Darknet - The Darkside Hacking, Cracking and Computer Security] student at Georgia Tech who has spent several years charting the global spread of botnets, estimates that in the 13-month period ending in January, more than 13 million PCs around the world were infected with malicious code that turned them into bots.
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[Igotspam.com] I got Spam?!: virus: Munir Kotadia: Botnets are groups of computers that have been infected by malware that allows the author to control the infected PCs, and then typically use them to send spam or launch DDoS attacks. [cut] According to Kaspersky, organized criminals...
[News.com.com] Blue Security attack linked to blog crashes | CNET News.com: "The issue here is whether Blue Security acted responsibly when it came under attack," Netcraft's Miller told ZDNet UK. "The current generation of DDoS attacks generate huge amounts of Web traffic and can impact the operations of connectivity providers and hosting companies.
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