Hackers and Bots attacking our computers? Who'd'a thunk it!

Morrigoon · 03-27-2007, 01:50 PM

Okay, so this article comes as no surprise to anyone, but it's still interesting:

http://redtape.msnbc.com/2007/03/bots_story.html#posts

Ghoulish Delight · 03-27-2007, 01:54 PM

The interesting bit about that article isn't so much that bots are attacking our computers, but rather that bots are using our computers to attack the network at large. The whole hacker mentality has gone through a shift over the past few years from focusing resources on directed attacks at of a single user's system to distributing resources to mount widescale attacks en masse.

Prudence · 03-27-2007, 04:05 PM

Ish. And here I just spent my weekend trying to clean spytracked off BT's computer.

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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	The interesting bit about that article isn't so much that bots are attacking our computers, but rather that bots are using our computers to attack the network at large. The whole hacker mentality has gone through a shift over the past few years from focusing resources on directed attacks at of a single user's system to distributing resources to mount widescale attacks en masse. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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