New Botnet Gang War Raging on the Internet

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

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Via the C|Net News Blog.

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It's like something out of 'The Sopranos'. Antivirus researchers at
Moscow-based Kaspersky Labs have identified criminal gangs engaged in a
turf battle online. The primary groups are responsible for the Warezov and
Zhelatin worms; these worms then download Trojans that are in turn
responsible for a majority of the spam and malware circulating on the Web.

Basically, new spam and new phishing attacks are designed to switch your
remotely controlled PC from belonging to the Warezov gang or the Zhelatin
gang. The resulting botnets--collections of remotely controlled PCs--have
proved profitable, luring unsuspecting Internet users to purchase porn or
other services attributed to organized crime activity.

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More:
http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9719577-7.html

- - ferg

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