Bot-nets for rent

[Gary Stoneburner <gary.stoneburner@nist.gov>]

re:
http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=5605810&pageNumber=0

"Vast networks of home computers are being rented out without their
owners' knowledge to spammers, fraudsters and digital saboteurs, security
experts said on Wednesday."

""Small groups of young people creating a resource out of a
10-30,000-strong computer network are renting them out to anybody who has
the money," a source in Scotland Yard's computer crime unit told
Reuters."

Always remember, this is a news story and some skepticism is generally a
good thing.  None-the-less, this concept of get zombies that then
rent them out is quite feasible and a logical next step.

Cheers,
Gary

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