How to make something from nothing
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| Many criminals are profiting from technology lapses
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| A whole new way of breaking computer programs intrigues - and worries -
| regular columnist Bill Thompson
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| [...]
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| And it could end up costing a lot of people a lot of money as they fight back
| against a new wave of viruses, trojans, keyloggers and other malware built
| using the techniques he outlines - although of course that isn't Dowd's goal
| in publishing the paper.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7358792.stm
Yesterday:
Phishing Attacks Double in U.K.
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| Apacs recorded more than 10,000 reported phishing incidents in the first
| quarter of 2008, more than 200 percent up from the same period last year.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/144845/phishing_attacks_double_in_uk.html
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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