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John Danenbarger
I wanted to continue commenting on what coming dangers are expected according to the annual report by McAfee. I have to assume that you know what a "botnet" is, but, in case you don't, you can go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botnet.
What McAfee says is "...botnets continue to be one of the greatest and most sophisticated threats McAfee Labs faces. In the coming years, we expect to see more data exfiltration capabilities. Through this year we have seen cybercriminals engage in a growing number of targeted attacks. We anticipate a greater focus on botnets removing data from targeted machines and compaines, rather than the common use of sending spam. Botnets will also engage in advanced data gathering functionality as well as focus more on targeting and abusing social networking."
And the good news, bad news story?
"Botnets are suffering losses, too. Global law enforcement has recently taken down Maripose, Bredolab, and some Zeus botnets. However, botnets continue to evolve. We predect that the recent merger of Zeus with SpyEye will produce more sophisticated bots because of improvements in bypassing security mechanisms and law enforcement monitoring. Mergers and acquisitions have finally made their way into the malware world."
There is only one thing you can do...MAKE SURE TO UPDATE YOUR ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE. But you also need to be aware that the crooks are working their way into the social networks of Facebook, Twitter, etc. and into cell phones.
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