De acordo com um relatório da Honeynet Project, as redes "bot" (computadores controlados remotamente por uma pessoa ou grupo) tornaram-se mais comuns, sendo focadas no roubo de dados e na instalação de spywares.
O relatório resume as descobertas de pesquisadores que monitoraram mais de 100 redes-bots desde o terceiro semestre de 2004. Algumas das redes tinham mais de 50 mil computadores, segundo o relatório.
Bot nets, collections of compromised computers controlled by a single person or group, have become more pervasive and increasingly focused on identity theft and installing spyware, according to a Honeynet Project report.
The report, released on Monday, summarizes the findings of researchers who have tapped into more than 100 different bot nets since last summer. Some of the networks were made up of more than 50,000 computers, said the Honeynet Project, a security group that sets up heavily monitored systems, or honeypots, and allows them to be attacked.
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