Who's Behind Criminal Bot Networks?

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via the Red Tape Chronicles.

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They have infected perhaps 100 million computers with viruses, turning the
PCs around the world into an army of willing criminal assistants known as
“bots.” They are using those PCs to send out billions of spam e-mails
and make millions of dollars by attacking Web sites and extorting their
owners. They have even attacked the core computers that keep the Internet
running smoothly. Who are they?

The answer to that question is elusive, but there are a few clues.

In part one of this series, we described the epidemic of hijacked computers
that’s swept the Internet. Controlled by malicious programs, the
computers are turned into robots, or bots, that are directed by criminals
known as bot herders.

Part two looked at how profitable the bot business has become, leading
hackers to engage in gang warfare in cyberspace for control of these
hijacked computers -- a digital battle that has spilled out onto the
Internet’s Main Street.

Today, we examine who is behind these networks of infected computers.

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More:
http://redtape.msnbc.com/2007/04/whos_behind_cri.html

- - ferg

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