FBI: Botnet infects 18 computers per second Botnets - a secretly compromised networks of ordinary home and office computers with rogue software or malware that are controlled by an individual criminal or a group - has dramatically increased over the past several years and are considered to pose the biggest threat to the Internet. Cyber criminals have brushed-up their hacking skills and are using Botnets as a cyber weapon to carry out multiple crimes like DDoS attacks (distributed denial of service), mass spamming, page rank and advertising revenue manipulation, mining bitcoins, cyber espionage and surveillance etc. >> 18 BOTNET INFECTIONS PER SECOND: According to the director of FBI’s cyber division, Joseph Demarest, Botnet has become one of the biggest enemies of the Internet today, and therefore its impact has been significant. Yesterday during a hearing before a U.S. Senate committee, he says that every second 18 computers worldwide are part of botnet armies, which amounts to over 500 million compromised computers per year. The network of compromised systems can do a drastic cyber crime activities without the knowledge of their computer’s owner. Botnet allows its operator to steal personal and financial information, get into system owners’ bank accounts, steal millions of credit cards, shut down websites, monitor your every keystroke and can even activate systems’ cameras secretly which can take users’ at great risk. Beware and dont let your computer become a part of massive Botnet!
Posted on: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 11:47:44 +0000
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