Get paranoid: Zombies abound

Reason No. 6: Hackers, crackers, and phishers -- need we say more?

We are in the midst of a zombie epidemic that shows no signs of slowing. During the second half of July, the volume of spam e-mails containing variations on the Storm worm increased tenfold. The result? A zombie network estimated by IT security company SecureWorks at more than 1.7 million PCs -- big enough to do serious damage to the Net.

 

source:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/08/27/35FEparanoia-6_1.html?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/08/27/35FEparanoia-6_1.html

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