ISPs sign up to voluntary anti-zombie code 

ISPs sign up to voluntary anti-zombie code

In Hackers - By John Hilvert, 1 December 2010 9:16 AM
Widespread support.
ACMA: 30,000 Australian PCs infected every day 

ACMA: 30,000 Australian PCs infected every day

In Applications - By Mahesh Sharma, 25 November 2010 9:15 AM
Regulator working on new zombie-tracking portal for ISPs.
Fifty ISPs harbour half the world's zombies 

Fifty ISPs harbour half the world's zombies

In Hackers - By Liam Tung, 15 November 2010 11:51 AM
Report smashes link between broadband speeds and botnets.
Conficker claims five million computers 

Conficker claims five million computers

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 31 August 2009 11:29 AM
The Conficker worm is still lurking around the internet four months after it supposedly peaked.
Twitter used as botnet command-and-control hub 

Twitter used as botnet command-and-control hub

In Messaging - By Angela Moscaritolo, 17 August 2009 11:24 AM
Researchers have discovered that Twitter messages were used to issue new instructions to bots.
Botnet armies driving spam to new heights 

Botnet armies driving spam to new heights

In Hackers - By Phil Muncaster, 30 July 2009 3:55 PM
More than 150,000 computers being infected every day, says McAfee.
Botnet ranks continue to swell 

Botnet ranks continue to swell

In Hackers - By Shaun Nichols, 5 May 2009 2:44 PM
The number of computers being infected for use in botnets has soared in recent months, according to McAfee.
Zombie botnet targets iPhone buyers 

Zombie botnet targets iPhone buyers

In Web/client - By Robert Jaques, 17 July 2007 10:30 AM
'One of the most sophisticated' scams in recent times.
SANS Institute threatened in zombie spam message 

SANS Institute threatened in zombie spam message

In Messaging - By Dan Kaplan, 26 February 2007 5:27 AM
The US SANS Internet Storm Center on Thursday received a malware sample that contained code with a not-so-endearing message for the organisation.
Zombie botnets attack global DNS servers 

Zombie botnets attack global DNS servers

In Web/client - By Robert Jaques, 8 February 2007 10:29 AM
Sustained attack launched last night.
Zombie hacker pleads guilty to hospital infection 

Zombie hacker pleads guilty to hospital infection

By William Eazel, 8 May 2006 10:07 AM
A U.S. man has pleaded guilty of creating a zombie network of 50,000 computers to launch a devastating attack against a Seattle hospital.
US branded worst spamming nation as impact of zombie computers rises 

US branded worst spamming nation as impact of zombie computers rises

By William Eazel, 18 October 2005 11:14 AM
Recent attempts to can spam in the United States appear to be paying off, with a newly published study reporting that the country now relays “substantially less” of the world's ...
Zombie PCs spewing spam 

Zombie PCs spewing spam

By Marcia Savage, 10 August 2005 10:19 PM
Zombie PCs accounted for more than half of all spam in July, according to email security firm MX Logic.
Big ISP = Big zombie army 

Big ISP = Big zombie army

By David Quainton, 15 June 2005 12:34 PM
Swathes of virus-infected PC’s are being hosted on some of the world’s biggest ISP’s including AOL, Bellsouth and Verizon.
'Shocking' new zombie internet threat 

'Shocking' new zombie internet threat

By Marcia Savage, 26 May 2005 10:07 PM
An average of 172,009 new zombies surfaced on the internet every day this month, according to recently released research by CipherTrust.
Phishers unleash zombie army 

Phishers unleash zombie army

By René Millman, 19 May 2005 4:07 PM
Networks of compromised PCs or botnets are fast becoming the weapon of choice for organized gangs to launch phishing attacks, according to a new report.
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