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Zombie TV attack was dead easy
Poor password security blamed for Emergency System hack.
Feb 15 2013 8:02AM
White House seeks counsel on ISP industry code
IIA chief invited to meeting to discuss iCode.
May 30 2011 11:56AM
ISPs sign up to voluntary anti-zombie code
Widespread support.
Dec 1 2010 9:19AM
ACMA: 30,000 Australian PCs infected every day
Regulator working on new zombie-tracking portal for ISPs.
Nov 25 2010 7:05AM
Fifty ISPs harbour half the world's zombies
Report smashes link between broadband speeds and botnets.
Nov 15 2010 9:35AM
Conficker claims five million computers
The Conficker worm is still lurking around the internet four months after it supposedly peaked.
Aug 31 2009 11:29AM
Twitter used as botnet command-and-control hub
Researchers have discovered that Twitter messages were used to issue new instructions to bots.
Aug 17 2009 11:24AM
Botnet armies driving spam to new heights
More than 150,000 computers being infected every day, says McAfee.
Jul 30 2009 3:55PM
Botnet ranks continue to swell
The number of computers being infected for use in botnets has soared in recent months, according to McAfee.
May 5 2009 2:44PM
Zombie botnet targets iPhone buyers
'One of the most sophisticated' scams in recent times.
Jul 17 2007 6:47AM
US court throws book at zombie bot-masters
Two men charged with organised crime and money laundering.
Jul 11 2007 5:06PM
SANS Institute threatened in zombie spam message
The US SANS Internet Storm Center on Thursday received a malware sample that contained code with a not-so-endearing message for the organisation.
Feb 26 2007 5:27AM
Zombie botnets attack global DNS servers
Sustained attack launched last night.
Feb 8 2007 9:50AM
ISPs fear zombie attacks
Spam, security and service differentiation are causing headaches, according
to StreamShield’s research.
to StreamShield’s research.
Jul 6 2006 11:57AM
Zombie hacker pleads guilty to hospital infection
A U.S. man has pleaded guilty of creating a zombie network of 50,000 computers to launch a devastating attack against a Seattle hospital.
May 8 2006 10:07AM
Australians go zombie hunting
A zombie-hunting program has been launched by the ACMA, in a bid to identify infected computers which have Australian internet addresses.
Nov 7 2005 2:44PM
US branded worst spamming nation as impact of zombie computers rises
Recent attempts to can spam in the United States appear to be paying off, with a newly published study reporting that the country now relays “substantially less” of the world's spam than it did a year ago.
Oct 18 2005 11:14AM
Zombie PCs spewing spam
Zombie PCs accounted for more than half of all spam in July, according to email security firm MX Logic.
Aug 10 2005 10:19PM
Big ISP = Big zombie army
Swathes of virus-infected PC’s are being hosted on some of the world’s biggest ISP’s including AOL, Bellsouth and Verizon.
Jun 15 2005 12:34PM
'Shocking' new zombie internet threat
An average of 172,009 new zombies surfaced on the internet every day this month, according to recently released research by CipherTrust.
May 26 2005 10:07PM
