Botnet Statistics [2012-01-23]

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

detection period: 2012-01-23 00:00-23:59 UTC
total number of suspected botnet IPs: 2888
number of botnet IPs notified to network operators: 2154
number of spam blocked: 4997
recipient count of spam blocked: 150425

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	266
2	PTCL	116
3	MTNLISP	100
4	BSNLNET	97
5	TELKOMNET	58
6	KORNET-KR	57
7	VNPT-VNNIC-VN	38
8	BHARTI-IN	34
9	RCOM	30
10	TATACOMM-IN	28

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	India	387
2	Taiwan	288
3	China	239
4	Indonesia	224
5	Russian Federation	154
6	Pakistan	141
7	Brazil	128
8	South Korea	107
9	Poland	96
10	Peru	83