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Bitcoin vs spam?
From: "Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rmslade () shaw ca>
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:50:39 -0700
I was explaining the recent Bitcoin attack to Gloria, and noted the estimate someone had given that a 10^5 strong botnet could generate $97,000/annum. The analyst had noted that Bitcoin attacks might not be popular, since standard botnet operations, such as spam, netted more revenue than that. Then I suddenly remembered that, over the past week, a number of observers have noted a decline in spam volumes. I wonder if some botherders, possibly not as good at math, converted some of their networks? ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) rslade () vcn bc ca slade () victoria tc ca rslade () computercrime org Don't bother to agree with me, I've already changed my mind. victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm http://www.infosecbc.org/links http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/author/p1/ http://twitter.com/rslade _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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