As security companies and law enforcement take enhanced security measures to disrupt botnet activity, cybercrime organizations continue to improve command and control techniques to increase the ROI of their sophisticated botnets.

The latest figures from the FBI show that botnets have inflicted more than $9 billion in losses on U.S. citizens and more than $110 billion globally, infecting more than 500 million computers per year, or roughly 18 systems per second.

Enterprise-Targeted Botnets: the Biggest Threat for Your Company is the Main Cash Cow for Hackers