McAfee, in their First Quarter 2009 Threat Report, reports that cybercriminals have taken control of almost 12 million new IP addresses in Q1 2009, a 50 percent increase over the previous quarter. The United States is now home to the largest percentage of botnet-infected computers, hosting 18% of all "zombie" machines. READ MORE
McAfee Report
Related: Researchers at the University of California at Santa Barbara who spent 10 days in control of the so-called Torpig botnet and observed 70 gigabytes of data being stolen from computers remotely-controlled by the botnet, including financial data. The harvested data included 1.2 million Windows passwords and 1.2 million e-mail items, such as e-mail addresses and log-in credentials. READ MORE
McAfee Report
Related: Researchers at the University of California at Santa Barbara who spent 10 days in control of the so-called Torpig botnet and observed 70 gigabytes of data being stolen from computers remotely-controlled by the botnet, including financial data. The harvested data included 1.2 million Windows passwords and 1.2 million e-mail items, such as e-mail addresses and log-in credentials. READ MORE
