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Ryan Naraine, Dancho Danchev & Adam O'Donnell
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| Known as Kardphisher and “in the wild” since April, 2007, last week the
| malware author of this trojan horse mimicking the Windows XP activation
| interface while collecting the credit card details the end user has
| submitted, has made significant changes to visual interface and usability of
| the trojan, consequently improving its authenticity. Guess what happens when
| a gullible end user falls victim into this social engineering attack?
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2201
What is activation anyway? Requesting permission to 'rent' one's own PC?
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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