May 5, 2009 2:24 am
Larry Dignan - ZDNet

McAfee on Tuesday released its quarterly report on Internet security. The results? Cybercriminals have taken control of 12 million new IP addresses since January.

Add it up and the U.S. has 18 percent of its machines controlled by botnets. These zombie PCs appear to be lining up to enable spammers to recover from the November 2008 dismantling of McColo Corp.

If you recall, McColo disappeared and spam levels fell 60 percent. That spam drop didn’t last long, reckons McAfee.

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