http://simonwillison.net/2007-10-06T00:25:52+00:00Simon Willison2007-10-06T00:25:52+00:002007-10-06T00:25:52+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Oct/6/schneier/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/10/the_storm_worm.html">The Storm Worm</a></strong></p> Bruce Schneier describes the Storm Worm, a fantastically advanced piece of malware that’s been spreading for nearly a year and is proving almost impossible to combat. Its effects are virtually invisible but infected machines are added to a multi-million machine botnet apparently controlled by anonymous Russian hackers. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/botnets">botnets</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/bruce-schneier">bruce-schneier</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/hackers">hackers</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/malware">malware</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/security">security</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/storm">storm</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/worm">worm</a></p>

2004-09-20T18:44:40+00:002004-09-20T18:44:40+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2004/Sep/20/net/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3666978.stm">Net security threats growing fast</a></strong></p> 30,000+ PCs a day are being compromised for botnets. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/botnets">botnets</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/security">security</a></p>