This is not a new thing though is it, Nihil posted a very interesting article a few weeks back about a zombie network being run by a 13 kiddie. The bots that he was using had keyloggers that would report back and leave a log on a private IRC chat room. It was a great article...hang on, I'll see if I can find it....
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...here it is, the thing I was looking for

it is a huge read, but if you have finished read war and peace, this is a good read.



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