Storm botnet gets profiled at Web site
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| "In the last couple of days, it has conducted phishing attacks against
| Barclays Bank and the Bank of Nova Scotia," Alperovitch says. "It's a
| fast-flux network with thousands of machines around the world, and it's grown
| so that it's almost impossible to shut down."
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=129413788&rid=-50
Eventually, Windows users just let their computer spew out spam and attack
(DDOS) Web sites. It's everyone, including Mac and Linux users, that deletes
spam and takes the toll of the damages.
Related:
Study: Billions of dollars spent on security
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| Large U.S. businesses will spend $61 billion on security by the end
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| 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
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
Secure web browsing through Live Linux distros
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| Banking isn't the be-all and end-all: there's many other reasons you'd
| want a secure system, separate from what's on the hard disk, besides
| Internet banking. Traveller's can't necessarily trust the integrity of
| a computer in an Internet cafe.
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http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/13292/53/
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