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
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
Here is a response to that latest Linux FUD
Linux phishing botnet statistics can be deceptive
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| There are some problems with such assumptions based on that statement,
| however:
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| 1. Each phishing site does not necessarily imply an individual machine...
| 2. A phishing site does not imply the box was rootkitted...
| 3. Phishing botnets that targeted Washington Mutual are by no means the
| sum total of phishing sites...
| 4. Phishing sites are not the same as botnet nodes. No, really — this is
| the biggest problem with the obvious assumptions here.
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http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=296
Is there some kind of an anti-Linux jihad (as PJ caleld it)? Where does all
that FUD suddenly come from and why?
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/
FBI to Notify Microsoft Windows Users Who Were Victims of Botnets
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| The Department of Justice and FBI have announced the results of
| an ongoing cyber crime initiative to disrupt and dismantle
| “botherders” and elevate the public’s cyber security
| awareness of botnets.
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http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/general/10550/fbi-notify-microsoft-windows-users-who-were-victims-botnets
Are we being DOS attacked by a Microsoft employee?
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| Now I find it funny that a person that lives about 5 minutes from Redmond
| which is the headquarters of Microsoft is DOS attacking us and I don't
| believe that this is a coincidence.
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http://ajaxwidgets.com/Blogs/thomas/are_we_being_dos_attacked_by_a.bb
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