12 million new IP addresses hijacked by botnets

Courtesy Linux Today  Tue, 05/05/2009 - 08:32

Help Net Security: "Today the McAfee 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."
Again, no mention of vulnerable platforms, even though only Windows vulnerabilities are named-- ed.

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