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("Security Advisory")
Submitted by: Bill Hickey
NCVA List Master
NRT-0298 Storm Worm Botnet could overpower
supercomputers:
The Storm worm botnet has grown so massive and
far-reaching that it easily overpowers the worlds' top
supercomputers. That's the latest word from security
researchers who are tracking the burgeoning network of Microsoft
Windows machines that have been compromised by the virulent Storm
Worm, which has pounded the Internet non-stop for the past three
months. Despite the wide-ranging estimates as to the size of the
botnet, researchers tend to agree that it's one of the largest
zombie grids they've ever seen, one capable of doing great
damage. No one could provide detailed and specific comparisons
between the strength of the botnet and the top supercomputers,
mainly because it is hard to know for sure the size of the botnet
or the power of each computer that is part of the botnet.
Fortunately, researchers at MessageLabs are continually monitoring
the botnet and hope resolution is reached soon.
(CommWebNews.com 10SEP07)