In the 2012 report published by the Blue Coat Systems, malnets have been interpreted as a different entity from the botnets. Malnets are present within the internet and in the heck of visiting reliable websites, users end up in compromising their systems, as per news published in SC MAGAZINE on February 13, 2012. These malnets are configured and maintained by the cyber crooks with the purpose of launching various attacks against naive users for a long time with the aim of hacking personal details or captivating the computers of ignorant users and turning them into botnets.
In the report, Blue Coat has presented a detailed description of the strategies and tactics incorporated by the malnet operators for condemning and entrapping the end-users into compromising the computers with malware.
According to Chris Larsen, Senior Malware Researcher at Blue Coat Systems, the ease of purchasing, customizing, and deploying malicious software kits, together with the advantage of faster circulation through domains, hiked the growth of malware to an increasing 240%. However, with the average business facing 5,000 threats per month, the identification and tracking down of malnets for blocking attacks at the source is itself the most-effective protection, as per the news in MarketWatch on February 13, 2012.
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