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Distributed, Low-Intensity Botnets

badger.foo writes "We have seen the future of botnets, and it is distributed and low-key. Are sites running free software finally becoming malware targets? It all started with a higher-than-usual number of failed ssh logins at a low-volume site. I think we are seeing the shape of botnets to come, with malware authors doing their early public beta testing during the last few weeks."

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  1. Re:Nothing new, move along by sexconker · · Score: 0, Troll

    Security researchers?
    Surely you mean insecurity researchers.

    (And yes, they're useless.)