"Botmaster" Admits Infecting 250,000 Computers
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| chiefer and the others used the illicitly installed code to assemble armies
| of up to 250,000 infected computers, which they used to engage in a variety
| of identity theft schemes. Schiefer also used the compromised computers to
| defraud a Dutch advertising company.
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http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/general/14242/botmaster-admits-infecting-250-000-computers
Computer Scientist Fights Threat of ‘Botnets’
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| That feature has allowed botnets to grow exponentially online, with millions
| of infected computers bought and traded on an underground market that one
| security company estimates has surpassed $1 billion in activity, Barford
| says.
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http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/general/14245/computer-scientist-fights-threat-botnets
Related:
Beware of Zombies
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| The Microsoft Petri Dish
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| Strassmann said one reason that zombies and other cybernasties succeed so
| well is that they can easily hide in the hundreds of millions of lines of
| code that make up Microsoft operating systems and applications.
| Microsoft-based systems are a "Petri dish" for zombies, he said, adding that
| global reliance on MS systems exacerbates the problem.
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http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?filepath=/dailyfed/0907/091707wb.htm
Vista a 'threat' to the national security of India
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| As Mr Bombay Watcher says on his blog, Microsoft has a cosy partnership
| with the CIA, so perhaps the world should take care and caution when it
| comes time to upgrade. We're pretty certain Windows 3.1 would be a safe
| bet. He seems particularly worried about the national security of India,
| as it does, of course, have some conflicting interests with the US
| of A.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34979
Russian expert: Terrorists may try cyberattacks
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| A Russian computer security expert predicts that terrorists could
| seek to target the country's critical infrastructure through
| electronic warfare, a strategy that could raise the stakes in
| how Russia handles computer crime.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=2104593093&rid=-50
Homeland Security sees cyberthreats on the rise
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| To test the nation's response to a cyberattack, the Department
| of Homeland Security plans to hold another major exercise,
| called Cyberstorm II, in March 2008, Garcia said. A first
| such exercise happened early last year.
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http://news.com.com/2100-7355_3-6157809.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
http://tinyurl.com/2dpbmv
Will cyberintrusions crash U.S. electrical grid?
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| Some critics of the U.S. government's cybersecurity efforts might argue that
| nothing short of a bomb going off--or, well, purported Chinese cyberattacks
| on feds' machines--will land the issue more notice.
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9799403-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
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.
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| Security firm Sophos said that botnets of zombie PCs bombarded the
| internet's domain name system (DNS) servers with traffic.
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| "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
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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