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  1. February 9th, 2008, 10:00 PM #1
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    New BotNet: "Mayday"

    Apparently there is a new BotNet being assembled that could overtake "Storm", that has been dubbed "Mayday"

    "MayDay uses a combination of techniques to communicate with its bots, including hijacking browser proxy settings, says Tripp Cox, vice president of engineering for [security company] Damballa," writes Dark Reading. "He says, "It can communicate through an enterprise's secure Web proxy and conduct updates and attack activities" -- a unique method for a botnet.
    Article is here:

    http://www.snpx.com/cgi-bin/news55.c...7090485?-11434

    and more:

    http://www.snpx.com/cgi-bin/news55.c...7087964?-11434
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