Spam Levels Rise Despite the Takedown of the Infamous Spam Hosting ISP McColo
SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today the McAfee, Inc. (NYSE:MFE) first quarter threat report revealed that cybercriminals have taken control of almost 12 million new IP addresses since January, a 50 percent increase since 2008. The United States is now home to the largest percentage of botnet-infected computers, hosting 18 percent of all zombie machines. Cybercriminals are building an army of infected, “zombie” computers to recover from last November’s takedown of a central spam-hosting ISP, according to the new report from Avert Labs.
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