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Mega-D Botnet Overtakes Storm, Accounts for 32% of Spam

Stony Stevenson writes "The new Mega-D Botnet has overtaken the notorious Storm worm botnet as the largest single source of the world's spam according to security vendor Marshal. This botnet currently accounts for 32 percent of all spam, 11 percent more than the Storm botnet which peaked at 21 percent in September 2007. It started about 4 months ago but has been steadily increasing since then. It is also using news headlines to trick victims into opening the spam, a technique synonymous with the Storm worm."

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  1. Using Headlines to Trick People Into Clicking by tomhudson · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Mega-D Botnet Overtakes Storm, Accounts for 32% of Spam - using headlines to trick people into clicking"

    It must work - I clicked on this article ...

    1. Re:Using Headlines to Trick People Into Clicking by Amorymeltzer · · Score: 1, Funny

      Oh god... Taco, What have you done?!

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      I live in constant fear of the Coming of the Red Spiders.
  2. Nothing! by QuickFox · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Mega-D botnet"? Pffft! That's nothing compared to the latest ship-and-anchor technology!

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    Terrorists can't threaten a country's freedom and democracy. Only lawmakers and voters can do that.
    1. Re:Nothing! by qkslvr846 · · Score: 2, Funny

      I'm going to get dekarma'd but that was simply brilliant humor. My chair nearly capsized.

    2. Re:Nothing! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      I believe that is called a "dragnet"

  3. Mega-D used for Arab Propaganda by jihadist · · Score: 0, Funny

    You see a lot of this stuff coming out of the Middle East: Jews did 911, Jews own the USA, Jews will make your penis shrink, etc etc

    We need to fight back!

    "The Jewish people have never had a friend in both fair and foul weather. Our allies have betrayed us, deserted us in our hour of need, and killed us in unprecedented numbers using crematoria and poison gas. To be Jewish is to know that wherever you go, you'll always have to watch your back.

    Even in Israel we are persecuted by another ethnic group, the Arabs, who will not be happy until the last Jew is dead. In Europe, Nationalism is rising in Germany, Russia, France and the Netherlands. Soon there will be no tolerance left for Jews, and we will be exterminated.

    Unless we take a stand."

    http://www.zionists.com/

  4. Re:Castration by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    uh, it's run by women who want us men to have bigger manhoods, didn't you know?

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