US gov't busts alleged botmaster who attacked antiscam site
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| A 21-year-old California man has been arrested and charged with launching a
| distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against CastleCops, an online
| forum and Web site that specializes in rooting out Internet scams.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=479360991&rid=-50
Even kids can be the puppeteer of Windows these days. I can recall one who was
only 15.
Malicious code infects Chinese security site
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| The Web site of one of China's Internet security organizations has been laced
| with malicious code.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1484215204&rid=-50
The impact of mail spewage (brtve force):
Yahoo, eBay take steps to block phishing attacks
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| The technology upgrade will be made available to Yahoo Mail users worldwide
| over the next several weeks, the company said.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071004/wr_nm/yahoo_ebay_dc
Related:
Microsoft is the world's biggest cause of zombie remailers
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| In China, it would take about one and one-half years wages (for the
| average Chinese) to buy a legitimate copy of Windows Vista. If you
| could find it here.
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| Microsoft is the biggest cause of zombie remailers in the world,
| because they make noises, but do not do anything to address the
| real digital inequities in the world.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38202
Pfizer's computers zombied
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| Rick Wesson, CEO of Support Intelligence, said this has been going on for six
| months. He's collected 600 spam emails to prove it and adds that 138 Pfizer
| IP addresses have been blacklisted by various spam-fighting groups.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=42186
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