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Google has confirmed news today that bot herders gained control of Google Apps to feed commands to networks of infected computers. According to Arbor Networks, the bot herd was discovered over the weekend. After being notified of the attack, Google quickly shut down the infected app engine.

Also on Monday, the Koobface botnet was attacking Google Reader to send malicious links through Twitter, Facebook and other social networks.

The breach is another sign that black hatters are taking a much keener interest in the cloud infrastructure for making attacks. And even Google is at risk.

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Here's the news of today's attack, showing in some respects the depth of the breach and the reaction it caused. It's an interesting look at the importance of knowing when an attack actually happens and then how to respond.

Bot herders are a nasty lot. They infect people's computers, turning Read More...