June 29, 2010, 12:24PM
Kraken-Based Botnet Makes A Comeback
Since April, a son-of-Kraken botnet has infected an estimated 318,058
machines - about half as big as the original Kraken was at its height
in the middle of 2008, according to Paul Royal, a research scientist at
the Georgia Tech Information Security Center. Read the full article. [The Register]
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