Re: VNUnet: Million-PC botnet threatens consumers

[Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>]

hehehehehehhehehe

ROTFL

On Sun, 29 Oct 2006, Fergie wrote:

> Hey, I'm just the messenger...
>
> [snip]
>
> Cyber criminals are assembling the biggest botnet for over two years –
> already close to a million PCs – online security experts have told
> vnunet.com.
>
> No one knows yet exactly what nefarious activity the army of captive
> PCs will be used for. But the chances are it will be a massive
> onslaught of phishing aimed at defrauding web consumers in the run up
> to Christmas.
>
> Botnets are distributed networks of zombie computers, usually
> broadband-connected home PCs, recruited into criminal service,
> unbeknown to their owners, by infection with a Trojan virus.
>
> Once assembled, a botnet is hired out, for example, to launch a
> phishing attack of email messages to online banking customers intended
> to dupe them into revealing their security details.
>
> [snip]
>
> More:
> http://www.itweek.co.uk/vnunet/news/2167474/million-pc-botnet-threatens
>
> - ferg
>
> p.s. Confidence level: I won't even quote this on my blog.
>
> - ferg
>
>
> --
> "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
>  Engineering Architecture for the Internet
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>
>
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