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apluswebmaster writes "FYI...
- http://www.theregister.com/2004/10/06/vxers_cash_in/
6th October 2004
Last month Trend Micro, the anti-virus firm, recorded a six-fold increase in malware compared to September 2003. It detected 1,485 new items of malware last month, compared to 250 new types of malicious code in the same period last year. TrendLabs attributes the increase in malware to a change of motives among virus writers. Previously VXers were looking for their 15 minutes of fame; but now they are more interested in making money. Trend points to the increased prevalence of malicious code designed to create 'zombie' networks, also called botnets. These can be auctioned off to the highest bidder to execute denial of service attacks or to use as spam relays...
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