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The Rise of Point-and-Click Botnets

Summary: A Team Cymru report cited by Krebs on Security found that the number of Web-based botnets, controlled point-and-click through a regular browser, doubled over the previous six months while IRC-controlled botnets declined. Team Cymru attributed the trend to the low cost of entry into HTTP-based botnets, with kits becoming more accessible and the easier interface generally favored over traditional control mechanisms.

Bottom line: The barrier to running a botnet is now a browser and an accessible kit, not technical skill, which widens the pool of people who can knock a host or site offline or relay spam and stolen credentials.

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