Your Internet : Now with triple the bots!

Creepy. The number of compromised computers controlled as a part of large botnets has tripled in recent weeks. According to Shadowserver Foundation, a group dedicated to monitoring the dark slimy underbelly of our beloved Internet.

Botnets are often used to send spam, but are also used for denial of service attacks, phishing sites, and essentially every dark and seedy Internet task you can imagine. Their dynamic and distributed nature make them incredibly difficult to disable.

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