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Recovering from the Encryption Virus
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| Kaspersky Lab has published advice on recovering files encrypted by the
| frightening Gpcode.ak virus, but there is a big catch -- users must not have
| turned off their PC first.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/147172/recovering_from_the_encryption_virus_.html
So, criminals take over Windows boxes (4 out of 10 Windows boxes are already
0wned) and mess about with files _for profit_. Gee, that's comforting. And
businesses still run Windows in places?
Ransomware
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| How is this any worse than the old hacker viruses that put a funny message on
| your screen and erased your hard drive?
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http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/06/ransomware_1.html
Botnets as a Business
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| The Storm worm is being used to sell pharmaceuticals such as Viagra.
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http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/06/botnets_as_a_bu.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
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
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