By sending out billions of malicious e-mails for a mysterious reason, a cybercriminal association is creating a superbotnet, according to Commtouch researcher Avi Turiel.
Infosecurity magazine reported on September 28, 2011 that Turiel has said that apparently, a gang is at the back of the latest rise in spam e-mails as the malware in all these posts is similar. Commtouch used its malware detection software and found similar damages because of the same malware.
It appears that such bulk e-mails are being sent from a single location and with some aim, Turiel added. The number of these malware-laden posts started rising in early August 2011 and touched the record of 25 billion e-mails in a day.
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