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| The Critical vulnerability permits remote code execution on Windows XP and
| Server 2003...
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/15261/1054/
The World's Biggest Botnets
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| "A year ago, the traditional method for bot infections was through malware.
| But now you're getting compromised servers, with drive-by downloads so
| prevalent that people are getting infected without realizing it," says Paul
| Ferguson, network architect for Trend Micro. "No one is immune."
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http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=138610&WT.svl=news1_1
Related:
The end of Windows, or a security expert gives up
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| And then go and warn others to do the same. Windows is defeated - its days
| are over. It carries the worm inside. So whatever will happen next: RIP,
| Windows.
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http://wolfgang.lonien.de/?p=456
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,
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| the BBC reports.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/26/botnet_threat/
Gathering 'Storm' Superworm Poses Grave Threat to PC Nets
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| Although it's most commonly called a worm, Storm is really more: a worm, a
| Trojan horse and a bot all rolled into one. It's also the most successful
| example we have of a new breed of worm, and I've seen estimates that between
| 1 million and 50 million computers have been infected worldwide.
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http://www.wired.com/politics/security/commentary/securitymatters/2007/10/securitymatters_1004
Security expert: Storm botnet 'services' could be sold
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| "This effectively allows the Storm author to segment the Storm botnet into
| smaller networks," Stewart wrote in his blog post. "This could be a precursor
| to selling Storm to other spammers, as an end-to-end spam botnet system,
| complete with fast-flux DNS and hosting capabilities. If that's the case, we
| might see a lot more of Storm in the future."
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6213781.html
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