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[News] Windows Zombies Rise in Number, SPAM Likewise

Taiwan fingered as the hub of spam distribution

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| CipherTrust obtained its figures after deploying a network of
| zombie-like machines across the world to gather intelligence on
| spamming operations. While machines in this "zombie honey pot" avoid
| relaying spam or phishing attacks to end-users, they collect messages
| from spammers trying to control them. By capturing these messages,
| CipherTrust is able to determine the location of the spam servers.
| Spammers themselves, of course, may be located somewhere
| completely different, such as Boca Raton, USA (for example).
| 
| During the last month, CipherTrust identified a 21 per cent increase
| in the number of new zombie computers and a 20 per cent rise in
| unwanted email traffic.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/12/spam_distribution_study_ciphertrust/

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