Botnet Statistics [2012-01-22]

As today's number 10 had less than 100 bots detected, global botnets seem to drop back to the normal level.

detection period: 2012-01-22 00:00-23:59 UTC
total number of suspected botnet IPs: 2777
number of botnet IPs notified to network operators: 2034
number of spam blocked: 5094
recipient count of spam blocked: 153970

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	261
2	PTCL	96
3	VNPT-VNNIC-VN	57
4	MTNLISP	50
5	TELKOMNET	49
6	KORNET-KR	46
7	BSNLNET	46
8	BY-BELPAK-20091210	35
9	CHINANET-JS	25
10	000.065.376/0002-65	25

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	284
2	China	240
3	India	213
4	Indonesia	194
5	Russian Federation	146
6	Brazil	145
7	Poland	125
8	Pakistan	108
9	South Korea	94
10	Viet Nam	87