'Storm Trojan' ignites worm war
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| Among the multiple second-stage components downloaded to Windows
| PCs compromised by Peacomm, said Stewart, is a DDoS module that
| can be enabled at will by the attacker and aimed at any site. The
| January target list included spamnation.info, which was knocked
| offline for eight days starting Jan. 12. The better-known spamhaus.org
| was an indirect victim, too.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=743773056&rid=-50
Related:
Botnet 'pandemic' threatens to strangle the net
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| Cerf estimated that between 100 million and 150 million of the
| 600 million PCs on the internet are under the control of hackers,
| the BBC reports.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/26/botnet_threat/
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