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Zombies Blend In With Regular Web Traffic

An anonymous reader writes "Hackers controlling farms of zombie computers are now trying to blend in with web traffic, News.com reports. Instead of traditional IRC controls, many zombie farms are moving to simple web-based control schemes, which makes them harder to track down." From the article: "The change in tactics makes it harder to identify zombies on a network, and it becomes tougher for security professionals to use the hackers' own tools to spy on them. In addition, the switch to Web-based control increases the threat of zombies to enterprises and other organizations, as that method can't be blocked as easily as the previous technique."

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  1. Re:The Zombie Surivial Guide by Dexx · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://academieduello.com/zombies/zombies.html - because swords don't run out of bullets.

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  2. Re:Are you kidding?! by jacksonj04 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Starbucks serves coffee now? The advances to brown liquid technology that modern times allows...

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