2WiseGuys PC Repair SANS - Internet Storm Center - Cooperative Cyber Threat Monitor And Alert System - Current Infosec News and Analysis

SANS - Internet Storm Center - Cooperative Cyber Threat Monitor And Alert System - Current Infosec News and Analysis: "Some web links.
Feel free to submit your favourites. Some links I check every day, in no particular order and not categorized:
http://www.securitynewsportal.com/index.shtml
http://www.securitytracker.com/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/
http://www.infosecnews.com/home/index.cfm
http://secunia.com/
http://www.securityfocus.com/
http://www.zone-h.org/
http://www.viruslist.com/en/weblog
http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/
http://securitywizardry.com/radar.htm
http://www.internettrafficreport.com/main.htm
http://www.internetpulse.net/
http://www.us-cert.gov/current/current_activity.html
http://www.security-forums.com/"

2WiseGuys PC Repair / Are bots new?

SANS - Internet Storm Center - Cooperative Cyber Threat Monitor And Alert System - Current Infosec News and Analysis: "Are bots new?
A reader commented that IRC bots are not necessarily a new thing. Botnets, using encryption, DoS tools, a variety of infection vectors , etc... have all been around for a while. This certainly is true, however they are one of the more significant threats on the malware front these days. Perhaps the recent attention is simply media hype, or in my opinion the scale in which they are being seen is much larger than ever before and therefore warrant more attention. There isn't anything new under the sun, but they aren't going away any time soon. "