The Web’s Bot Containment Unit Needs Your Help
Summary: Shadowserver.org, an all-volunteer nonprofit that feeds malware and botnet data to more than 4,600 ISPs and 107 national CERTs in 136 countries, lost its primary funding after Cisco Systems ended more than 15 years of support. The group must also move its 1,300-plus servers out of Cisco's California data center by May 15 at an estimated cost of about $400,000, and it says infected victims it currently sinkholes could lose that protection.
Bottom line: More than 4,600 network owners and 107 national CERTs rely on Shadowserver's free daily reports to find compromised devices, and the group says millions of malware-infected victims could lose sinkhole protection just as staff move to unmanaged home devices and the risk of another major Windows worm has risen.
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