Howard heart-attack email carries virus
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| A fake breaking news report claiming that John Howard had a heart
| attack is being circulated by spammers in an attempt to hijack
| Australians' computers.
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http://www.smh.com.au/news/security/howard-heartattack-email-carries-virus/2007/02/20/1171733729115.html
http://tinyurl.com/2h48zn
To clarify, that SPAM comes from compromised Windows PCs. While it's just a
nuisance to Linux users (e.g. clogged up mail boxes and expensive bills for
increased network capacity), it's a menace to Windows users. Why doesn't the
mainstream media cover this? Because some Microsoft critics have lost their
job, having dared to question the paymaster. This included an analyst who
spoke about the insecure monoculture.
Botnet 'pandemic' threatens to strangle the net
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| Cerf estimated that between 100 million and 150 million of the
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| 600 million PCs on the internet are under the control of hackers,
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| the BBC reports. "Despite all that, the net is still working,
| which is pretty amazing. It's pretty resilient," he said.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/26/botnet_threat/
Study: Billions of dollars spent on security
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| Large U.S. businesses will spend $61 billion on security by the end
| of this year, representing 7.3 percent of total IT budgets in the
| country, according to a new report from Info-Tech Research Group.
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http://news.com.com/2110-7350_3-6135989.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
US lost $8 billion to computer crime
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| Consumer reports' latest "State of the Net" survey has revealed that
| US punters lost more than $8 billion over the last two years to
| viruses, spyware and con tricks.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33554
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