Botnet Attacks Growing in Size and Sophistication
New York Times previews the Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report due out tomorrow.
Among the findings:
A survey of 70 of the largest Internet operators in North America, South America, Europe and Asia found that malicious attacks were rising sharply and that the individual attacks were growing more powerful and sophisticated.
and
network operators said the largest botnets -- which in some cases encompass millions of "zombie" computers -- continue to "outpace containment efforts and infrastructure investment."The Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report is published annually by Arbor Networks
For more on the economics of botnets, check out this post.
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