Security Blog
November 3, 2009
Trick or Treat - International Kill-A-Zombie Day
I hope everyone enjoyed their Halloween and their fair share of candy. And no, we are not talking about killing "REAL" zombies (the ones in flesh, or rotten flesh to be more exact) here.
As we've mentioned time and time again, zombies are a growing problem in today's Internet. Once a PC has been infected, it joins the ranks of the fellow infected as zombies who respond to any command a hacker might give it. They are used to send spam (yes, the spam you get everyday comes from a zombie, NOT a mailman in cyberspace), carry out denial of service attacks, and many other mischievous deeds.
Our friends at Sophos have designated October 31st as the International Kill-A-Zombie Day (images of Resident Evil, Zombieland, and Night of the Living Dead just pop into my mind saying that). They've come out with two very interesting videos to promote zombie awareness. Have a look and join the fight!
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Posted by: Pete at 1:37 PM
Categories: General , Malware , Spam
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