Mega-D Botnet Overtakes Storm, Now Accounts For 32% Of All Spam

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A new botnet spamming male sexual enhancement pill promotions has overtaken the notorious Storm worm botnet as the ‘largest single source of the world’s spam’, security vendor Marshal has warned.

Dubbed Mega-D, the botnet currently accounts for 32 percent of all spam, 11 percent more than the Storm botnet which peaked at 21 percent in September 2007...

It is also using news headlines to trick victims into opening the spam, a technique synonymous with the Storm worm. The recent death of Australian actor Heath Ledger has also been used as a ploy...

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