The rise and rise of bot networks

2005; Elsevier BV; Volume: 2005; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s1353-4858(05)70239-7

ISSN

1872-9371

Autores

Garry Sidaway,

Tópico(s)

Spam and Phishing Detection

Resumo

The ICSA Labs tenth annual Computer Virus Prevalance Survey, out last month, has shown that the number of virus encounters in 2004 was up by over 40 %. Beginning in January and running right through May, the creators of three different viruses all seemed to be engaged in a surreal race. The creators of MyDoom, Bagle, and Netsky, each released new variants at record pace and all three worms and variants propagated themselves as attachments.

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