A detailed description of the role Bot's play in sending out spam from our computers undetected.
by Paul Ducklin on August 5, 2014
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"We write about bots, also known as zombies, fairly frequently on Naked Security.
That's because they're the money-making machinery of modern cybercrime.
The idea is simple: malware on your computer regularly "calls home," often by making an innocent-looking web request using HTTP, just like your browser.
But instead of fetching a web page for display, the bot (short for "malware robot") downloads a list of instructions, which it carries out using your computer and your network connection."
Full Article plus Audio recording from Sophos Labs.
How to send 5 million spam emails without even noticing
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This is a good reason consumers need to wake up and go with WSA for protection. against is type of malware. Go with the best WSA.
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