ZombieMeter...

FYI…

- http://www.techweb.com/wire/security/163701408
May 26, 2005
"…ZombieMeter monitors spam traffic from so-called "zombie" PCs that are spewing junk mail unbeknownst to their owners. ZombieMeter shows the number of unique zombies per hour in real time, and using a global map, displays current zombie activity. Unfortunately, the map doesn't properly display in Firefox, the stand-alone open-source browser from the Mozilla Foundation. So far this month, said CipherTrust, it's identified an average of 172,000 new zombies daily, with one out of five originating in the U.S., and another 15 percent in China. The geographic leader, however, is the European Union, whose 25 countries account for 26 percent of all zombies. CipherTrust creates the ZombieMeter from data collected by its Ironmail appliances, which are deployed worldwide by some 1,500 enterprises."

ZombieMeter tracks worldwide zombie activity in real-time
- http://www.ciphertrust.com/resources/statistics/zombie.php

Percentage of Total Spam Volumes by Country
- http://www.ciphertrust.com/resources/stati…pam_sources.php

Percentage of Corporate Phishing Victims
- http://www.ciphertrust.com/resources/statistics/phishing.php

FYI…

AOL is Zombie king
- http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?t…storyID=8790623
Jun 14, 2005
"Internet "zombie" attacks that attempt to knock computer systems offline are more likely to come from users of America Online than any other source, according to a report released by a security company on Tuesday…The U.S. Federal Trade Commission last month asked Internet providers to disconnect their customers' computers if they find they have been compromised. Law enforcers in 25 other countries are also taking efforts to shut down such "zombie" networks. Though U.S.-based computers were responsible for the largest portion of DDoS traffic at 18 percent, countries like Hong Kong, Germany, Malaysia and the United Kingdom had higher percentages of infected computers, Prolexic said. Prolexic based its report on attacks it saw over the last six months…"
- http://www.prolexic.com/zr/
The Prolexic Zombie Report / Q1 - Q2 2005

Unreal…

- http://www.techweb.com/wire/security/164303510
June 15, 2005
"… "We're the largest ISP on the planet," Andrew Weinstein, a spokesman for AOL, said Wednesday. "You'd expect us to have the most zombies"…"