FBI: Operation Bot Roast finds over 1 million botnet victims
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| The Department of Justice and FBI Wednesday said ongoing investigations
| have identified more than 1 million botnet crime victims.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=374977821&rid=-50
Related (some of last year's predictions became a reality):
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
Internet criminals to step up "cyberwar" in 2007
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| "It is definitely an area that is ripe for more exploitation by
| malware (malicious software)," said Ed English, Trend Micro's
| Chief Technology Officer for anti-spyware.
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| People could find their computers infected with viruses that
| secretly record all their keystrokes or send out millions of
| spam email messages.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061211/wr_nm/britain_cybercrime_dc
2007 could be the year of the hacker
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| According to Reuters, computer hackers will open "a new front" in
| a multi-billion pound "cyberwar" in 2007, targeting mobile phones,
| instant messaging and community Web sites such as MySpace.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36479
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