New BotNet: "Mayday"

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

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"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.

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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