Botnet Statistics [2012-01-19]

I find a massive number of hosts are still sending spam. This phenomenon might not stop until McAfee releases the patch for the loophole in its "Rumor Service."

detection period: 2012-01-19 00:00-23:59 UTC
total number of suspected botnet IPs: 7157
number of botnet IPs notified to network operators: 5383
number of spam blocked: 4930
recipient count of spam blocked: 148862

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	317
2	MTNLISP	286
3	PTCL	273
4	KORNET-KR	258
5	TELKOMNET	208
6	BY-BELPAK-20091210	184
7	VNPT-VNNIC-VN	175
8	BSNLNET	154
9	PE-PETD2-LACNIC	83
10	002.558.134/0001-58	71

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	Indonesia	862
2	India	743
3	Russian Federation	545
4	South Korea	435
5	Taiwan	373
6	Poland	326
7	Pakistan	323
8	China	297
9	Peru	261
10	Viet Nam	260