McAfee, Inc. Quarterly Threat Report Reveals 12 Million New IP Addresses Have Been Hijacked by Botnets

Spam Levels Rise Despite the Takedown of the Infamous Spam Hosting ISP McColo

SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 05, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Today the McAfee, Inc. (NYSE:MFE) first quarter threat report revealed that cybercriminals have taken control of almost 12 million new IP addresses since January, a 50 percent increase since 2008. The United States is now home to the largest percentage of botnet-infected computers, hosting 18 percent of all zombie machines. Cybercriminals are building an army of infected, “zombie” computers to recover from last November’s takedown of a central spam-hosting ISP, according to the new report from Avert Labs.

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