Infected PCs spew malware over 3G connections
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| Much has been written about malware capable of infecting mobile
| phones, but infected PCs spewing regular malware over 3G
| connections might be a more serious problem.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/15/3g_pc_malware/
How long before the Windows use is forbidden or a quarter of all users gets
disconnected?
Related:
Botnet 'pandemic' threatens to strangle the net
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| Cerf estimated that between 100 million and 150 million of the
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| 600 million PCs on the internet are under the control of hackers,
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| the BBC reports.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/26/botnet_threat/
Zombie botnets attack global DNS servers
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| Hackers launched a sustained attack last night against key root servers
| which form the backbone of the internet.
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| Security firm Sophos said that botnets of zombie PCs bombarded the
| internet's domain name system (DNS) servers with traffic.
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| "These zombie computers could have brought the web to its knees,"
| said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos.
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http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2174383/zombie-botnets-attack-global
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