Puri, R. (2003) SANS: Bots &; Botnet: An Overview
1. United Kingdom (25.2 per cent)
2. United States (24.6 per cent)
3. China (7.8 per cent)
Only users can prevent botnets from destroying the internet by securing their personal computers. Until there is no Internet Interpol, police has no efficient ways to fight international botnets!
In some cases companies do not request investigations because that would damage their reputation!
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O'Brien, L. (2007) Wired Magazine, Stiffer Cyber Laws to Crack Down on Botnets, Spyware
http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2007/06/bot_law
Hines, M. (2007) InfoWorld, Global co-op feeds FBI's botnet fight
http://www.central-it.de/html/news/internationale_news/6382832/index1.html
Dvorsky, G. (2007) IEET, Storm Botnet storms the Net
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/dvorsky20070927/
Michailov, D. (2007) Should ISPs be Responsible for Botnets?
http://www.cybercrimelaw.org/2007/08/01/should-isps-be-responsible-for-botnets/
Spiess, K. (2007) NeoSeeker, Worm 'Storm' gathers strength
http://www.neoseeker.com/news/story/7103/
Berinato, S. (2006) Wired Magazine, Attack of the Bots
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.11/botnet.html
Espiner, T. (2006) ZDNet, Crime surge sparks calls for internet Interpol
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39285121,00.htm?r=11
Keizer, G. (02005) techweb, Dutch Botnet Suspects Ran 1.5 Million Machines
http://www.techweb.com/wire/security/172303160
Leyden, J. (2005) The Register, ISPs urged to throttle spam zombies
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/24/operation_spam_zombie/
Leyden, J. (2005) The Register, Britain tops zombie PC charts
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/03/21/botnet_charts/
Leyden, J. (2005) The Register, US tops junk mail list of shame - again
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/07/spam_shame_chart/
Laborge, P. (2005) Spam zombie, meet the Microsoft legal team
http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/29
Puri, R. (2003) SANS: Bots &; Botnet: An Overview
https://www2.sans.org/reading_room/whitepapers/malicious/1299.php
Thomas, R. (2003) "They're just a bunch of script kiddies" - Life, Love, and War in the Underground
http://www.cert.pl/PDF/secure2003/thomas1.pdf