Cyber criminals are assembling the biggest botnet for over two years – already close to a million PCs – online security experts have told vnunet.com.
No one knows yet exactly what nefarious activity the army of captive PCs will be used for. But the chances are it will be a massive onslaught of phishing aimed at defrauding web consumers in the run up to Christmas.
Yes, there is a grinch.
Tags: Botnet, Phishing, Crime, Fraud
