News flash! Bad Guys Run Botnets!

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>]

Cisco seems to be trying to convince people that the bleedin' obvious is news ...

"Security researchers at Cisco’s IronPort say they have pieced together the 
complex con operation behind the Storm Worm, a persistent Web threat. The 
botnet’s purpose, they say, was essentially to act as a virtual dealer of prescription 
– and often bogus –   medication, sometimes enlisting work-from-home 
employees who thought they were doing legitimate tasks. [...] By converting spam 
into high-value pharmaceutical purchases, these supply chain enterprises allow the 
monetization of spamming botnets, providing an enormous profit motivation for 
botnet attacks and continuous innovation."  
[Translation: spammers and malware authors do it because they can make money - 
rms] 
"Among the more insidious related criminal activities involves the enlistment of 
workers to collect and deliver funds from phishing and fraud schemes that have 
been initiated through the Storm virus." [Translation: "work-from-home" spam 
recruits money mules - rms]  

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/The-Storm-Worms-Elaborate-Con-Game-
63357.html?welcome=1213186145  

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rslade () vcn bc ca     slade () victoria tc ca     rslade () computercrime org
We are currently being told to follow our bliss.  However,
tradition tells us that ignorance is bliss.  Taking these two
statements together would explain a lot about modern society.
http://victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm

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