24. Storm Worm

• Storm worm malware lately contributed to a slight increases in spam volumes

  • Controlled by notorious Russian spammer Zliden

  • Storm is believed to have infected 50 million machines

  • Only 10 to 20 percent of its capacity is being used

  • Includes image and PDF generation engine to ensure all emails are unique

  • Random graphical elements helps to to thwart detection and profiling.

• Source: MessageLabs