Internet hit by Tornado
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| Evidence of a new "attack pack" has surfaced, reports Shaun Nichols,
| providing further proof of the organized complexity of exploit code. The
| web-based toolkit, called Tornado, is speculated to have been in operation
| for at least six months.
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http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/27218
Hackers warn high street chains
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| High street chains will be the next victims of cyber terrorism, some of the
| world's elite hackers have warned.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7366995.stm
Securing cyberspace against war, terror and red tape
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| In September 2006, the US Secretary of Homeland Security appointed Greg
| Garcia assistant secretary for cybersecurity and telecommunications.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/25/greg_garcia_interview/
Department of Homeland Security website hacked!
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| The sophisticated mass infection that's injecting attack code into hundreds
| of thousands of reputable web pages is growing and even infiltrated the
| website of the Department of Homeland Security.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/25/mass_web_attack_grows/
Recent:
Bots rule in cyberspace
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| USA TODAY REPORTS that on an average day, 40 per cent of the 800 million
| computers connected to the Internet are bots used to send out spam, viruses
| and to mine for sensitive personal data.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/17/bots-rule-cyberspace
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2008-03-16-computer-botnets_N.htm
Botnets Running Rampant
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| How much money is being stolen by cybercriminals? No one knows, and no one
| even knows how to go about coming up with that number, IronPort's Peterson
| said.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/144489/botnets_running_rampant.html
Related:
Online banking fraud 'up 8,000%'
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| The UK has seen an 8,000% increase in fake internet banking scams
| in the past two years, the government's financial watchdog has warned.
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| The Financial Services Authority (FSA) told peers it was "very concerned"
| about the growth in "phishing".
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6177555.stm
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