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botnetRobot Network (usually centrally controlled software agents)


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com (Staff) Nations that want to disrupt their enemies' banking, media and government resources don't need their own technical skills; they can simply order botnet attack services from cybercriminals.
By now, those behind Gumblar have essentially built up a botnet of infected sites, which makes the malware campaign more difficult to disrupt, Landesman said.
Over the past year, we have seen a number of ISP s (Internet service providers) taken offline for hosting botnet activity resulting in a case of sink or swim and an ensuing shift in botnet power," MessageLabs analyst Paul Wood said in a statement.
 
 
 
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