Botnets Stealing 70 GB Of Data

Researchers at the University of California at Santa Barbara were able
to monitor a botnet's activity for 10 days before the
command-and-control instructions were changed. The researchers observed
as the botnet harvested 70 GB of data, including email passwords and
online banking account information. The botnet, known as Torpig,
Anserin and Sinowal, infected PCs through drive-by downloads when they
visit compromised websites. The researchers are working with the FBI,
the US department of Defense and various ISPs to notify people affected
by the data theft; ISPs are also shutting down some of the sites that
have been used to send instructions to compromised machines.