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Beware of botnets
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| Unpatched Windows 2000 or XP machines make great honeypots given the ease
| with which one can take over such systems.
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http://www.examiner.com/x-3924-Houston-Linux-and-Security-Technology-Examiner~y2009m2d20-Beware-of-botnets
Warning of infected auction tool
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| A third-party add-on for eBay used by thousands of sellers is being flagged
| by Google as potentially malicious, after it became infected with a trojan.
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| Auctiva provides tools for sellers on the popular auction website.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7905518.stm
GNU/Linux users can surf with ease.
Recent:
Virus strikes 15 million PCs
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| A virulent computer virus has infected as many as 15 million computers around
| the world so far, according to various estimates.
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| The virus -- a self-replicating computer worm known as Downadup, Conficker or
| Kido -- spreads across computer networks using Microsoft Windows software
| which have not been patched or updated properly. Microsoft issued a patch
| that fixes the vulnerability the virus exploits last October.
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http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/01/26/Virus_strikes_15_million_PCs/UPI-19421232924206/
Related:
With Vista breached, Linux unbeaten in hacking contest
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| The MacBook Air went first; a tiny Fujitsu laptop running Vista was hacked on
| the last day of the contest; but it was Linux, running on a Sony Vaio, that
| remained undefeated as conference organizers ended a three-way computer
| hacking challenge Friday at the CanSecWest conference.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/032908-with-vista-breached-linux-unbeaten.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
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