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Forget The Economy, Security Vendor Says Cybercrime Is The Real Threat
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| You might have noticed that the economy is in the tank. Something about
| this "credit crunch" and "recession" and whatnot. But the amount of attention
| governments around the world are paying to these issues is giving cybercrime
| a foothold, according to a new study from a -- yep, you guessed it --
| security vendor...
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20081210/1026493076.shtml
Downturn may turn techies to crime, say reports
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| Desperate IT workers who have been laid off will go rogue in 2009, selling
| corporate data and using crimeware, reports have predicted.
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| The credit crunch will drive some IT workers to use their skills to steal
| credit-card data using phishing attacks, and abuse their privileged corporate
| computer access to sell off valuable financial and intellectual information,
| forensic experts have warned.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2424-9595_22-255464.html
"I’m thinking of hitting the OEMs harder than in the past with anti-Linux. ...
they should do a delicate dance"
--Joachim Kempin, Microsoft OEM Chief
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
Dutch police arrest 19-year-old accused of bot herding
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| The alleged bot herder faces trial in the Netherlands, where he will face
| charges including breaking into computers.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1469030552&rid=-50
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