had any purposefully malicious payload.This didn’t keep them from being major
nuisances that cost companies millions of dollars year after year.Then,however,some
of the more advanced hacking groups started getting the idea that a large group of
computers under a single organization’s complete control might be a fun thing to
have—and the concept of a zombie army was born.
Notes from the Underground…
Are You a Zombie?
The majority of machines compromised to make a zombie army are unprotected
home users, directly connected to the Internet through DSL lines or cable
modems. A recent study showed that while 60 percent of home Internet users
surveyed felt ...
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