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
Carnegie Mellon's Adrian Perrig Leads Research Team Dedicated To Analyzing and
Disrupting Internet Attackers' Black Markets
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| The 2007 CSI survey reported that U.S. companies on average lost more than
| $300,000 to cyber crooks compared to $168,000 last year.
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http://www.cmu.edu/news/archive/2007/October/oct15_internetblackmarkets.shtml
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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,
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| 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
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