Email Spammers launch DOS attacks against antispam sites

Antispam sites that help battle phishing scams and spam are now being targeted with DOS attacks ( Denial of Service ) by malware botnets operated by spammers according to antispam site SpamNation.

SpamNation believes that the denial of service attacks are being launched by the Zhelatin gang, a group that is thought to be behind the Storm Worm Botnet.  According to the SpamNation report, the botnet operators are selling denial of service attacks.

The power of the Storm botnet is thought to have surpassed that of all major supercomputers.  The rate at which the botnet is evolving is extremely unsettling, and one can only wonder what kind of sites will be targeted with DOS attacks as it continues to grow in size.

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