In article <1354674.hTZGFggW3J@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
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> [This is an opinion]
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> Global malady: Virus writers worldwide team up
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> | Security researchers have been touting the growing nature of
> | professionalism among virus authors over the last several years,
> | but new evidence points to increased cooperation between malware
> | writers spread around the globe, according to some experts.
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> http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1057173992&rid=-50
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> New program aims to overhaul the Internet
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> | The point of these efforts is not that the Internet is broken--just
> | that it has become ossified in the face of emerging security threats
> | and novel applications.
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> http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/general/new-program-aims-overhaul-internet
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> Related:
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> Zombie botnets attack global DNS servers
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> | Hackers launched a sustained attack last night against key root servers
> | which form the backbone of the internet.
> |
> | Security firm Sophos said that botnets of zombie PCs bombarded the
> | internet's domain name system (DNS) servers with traffic.
> |
> | "These zombie computers could have brought the web to its knees,"
> | said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos.
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> http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2174383/zombie-botnets-attack-global
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> 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,
> | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> | the BBC reports.
More reasons to Quarantine windows
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