The Federal Trade Commission today launched “Operation Spam Zombies,” a campaign to encourage Internet service providers (ISPs) to crack down on compromised computers within their networks that are being used to spew spam onto the Internet. These “zombie” computers — so-called because they’re remotely controlled by malicious parties who plant malware on a machine without its owner’s knowledge — account for as much as 40 percent of the unsolicited e-mail in the world, according to Sophos, a global security firm.
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FTC Launches Attack on Zombie Spammers
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. May 24, 2005 08:58 AMThe Federal Trade Commission today launched “Operation Spam Zombies,” a campaign to encourage Internet service providers (ISPs) to crack down on compromised computers within their networks that are being used to spew spam onto the Internet. These “zombie” computers — so-called because they’re remotely controlled by malicious parties who plant malware on a machine without its owner’s knowledge — account for as much as 40 percent of the unsolicited e-mail in the world, according to Sophos, a global security firm.