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2010 is becoming a good year in shutting down big botnets.
- RiderOfGiraffes 16y agoI see evidence of this. Here's a plot of the spam I've received over the past few years: http://www.solipsys.co.uk/images/SpamByMonth.png http://www.solipsys.co.uk/images/SpamByMonth.png
- StavrosK 16y agoThe problem with sending a message to people telling them they're infected isn't that it's unethical, it's that they'll just think it's some trojan trying to get access and close the window.
- rexyo 16y agoYeah I agree, there really should be some guidelines concerning the messages government people leave behind on hacked computers. How are users supposed to know if the message is real or authtentic? Its not like they send you a PGP key to go with it..
- scrod 16y ago>Its not like they send you a PGP key to go with it.. Sounds like a good idea to me.
- RiderOfGiraffes 16y agoYeah, and like people will understand that. Given the current lack of uptake of encryption in email, and the abysmal undertanding of encryption in general, you'll never get the average computer user to understand what the hell you're on about. And then the spammers will spoof it and get people to click on apparently legitimate messages.
- rexyo 16y agoExactly, they'll fake it just like hckers fake Firefox security warning... http://www.gdatasoftware.co.uk/security-labs/news/news-details/article/1338-firefox-security-alert-turns-o.html http://www.gdatasoftware.co.uk/security-labs/news/news-detai... What the eyes see and the ears hear, the mind believes...
- fjarlq 16y agoWhy would the criminals put the command & control servers all in one place? Shouldn't they have backups elsewhere which will enable them to repudiate the seized servers and retain control of the bots?