Former spammer: 'I know I'm going to hell'
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| The spam would then be sent from a network of hacker-controlled computers,
| called botnets. Those machines are often consumer PCs infected with malicious
| software that a hacker can control. Ed would "rent" time on those computers
| from another group of hackers that specialized in creating botnets.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1762205842&rid=-50
Study: Botnets boosting click fraud rates on ads
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| The increase is due to a rise in the use of botnets, or networks of software
| robots that compromise people's computers and are remotely controlled or
| pre-programmed to do things like send e-mail spam, shut down Web sites by
| overwhelming them with requests or, in this case, automate the repetitive
| clicking on advertisements on Web sites, the report said. The clicks are
| fraudulent because they are not legitimate clicks from potential customers.
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9746782-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Related:
Bots Helped To Boost Microsoft Live Search Gains
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| In a blog post, Compete analyst Steve Willis attributed Microsoft's
| search gains to prizes awarded to users participating in Live Search
| Club, which features games that post queries to Microsoft's search
| engine.
|
| [...]
|
| Microsoft is essentially being DDoSed by thousands of people hundreds
| of times per minute, but they are mistaking this rise in traffic for
| people actually using Live Search."
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201001092
FBI to Notify Microsoft Windows Users Who Were Victims of Botnets
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| The Department of Justice and FBI have announced the results of
| an ongoing cyber crime initiative to disrupt and dismantle
| “botherders” and elevate the public’s cyber security
| awareness of botnets.
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http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/general/10550/fbi-notify-microsoft-windows-users-who-were-victims-botnets
Congressional Report: Full Exent of Data Breaches Unknown
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| In recent years, many entities in the private, public, and government sectors
| have reported the loss or theft of sensitive personal information. These
| breaches have raised concerns in part because they can result in identity
| theft—either account fraud (such as misuse of credit card numbers) or
| unauthorized creation of new accounts (such as opening a credit card in
| someone else's name).
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http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/general/10561/congressional-report-full-exent-data-breaches-unkown
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