Wed, 03 Mar 2004

Attack of the Profit-Killer Worms

Some of the stats in this article are appalling:

On any given day, between two and 12 per cent of all Internet traffic moving across ISP networks is malicious. Even on well-run networks with dedicated security departments, malicious traffic makes an average of five per cent of all data.

No wonder rates are going up! It's a wonder any of these poor bastards are still in business!

ISPs take it on the chin

(link) [The Register]

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