Botnet Statistics [2010-01-11]

Is there some kind of new malware circulating right now? The number of bots detected increased to nearly 5000, which is rare for the past few months.

detection period: 2010-01-11 00:00-23:59 UTC
total number of suspected botnet IPs: 4931
number of botnet IPs notified to network operators: 4560

The top 10 networks (as found in WHOIS), ordered by number of suspected botnet IPs are:

Rank	Network	# of suspected botnet IPs
1	HINET-NET	1246
2	CHINANET-GD	932
3	BSNLNET	628
4	TFN-NET	183
5	002.558.157/0001-62	145
6	AR-TEAR7-LACNIC	99
7	RCOM	92
8	TATACOMM-IN	66
9	002.558.134/0001-58	66
10	HATHWAY-NET	55

The top 10 countries (as defined by the 2-character country code), ordered by number of suspected botnet IPs are:

Rank	Country	# of suspected botnet IPs
1	Taiwan	1441
2	China	1320
3	India	896
4	Brazil	444
5	Argentina	160
6	Russian Federation	116
7	United States	95
8	Ukraine	31
9	Ethiopia	31
10	South Korea	30