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Hackers Deface NATO, US Army Web Sites
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| The attacks on Thursday took down the Web sites for The United States Army
| Military District of Washington and the NATO Parliamentary Assembly,
| according to Zone-H, a Web site that tracks defacement activity.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/156815/hackers_deface_nato_us_army_web_sites.html?tk=rss_news
Auditor: IRS Still Vulnerable to Cyber Breaches
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| "These deficiencies represent a material weakness in IRS's internal controls
| over its financial and tax processing systems," the GAO report said. "Until
| IRS takes these steps, financial and taxpayer information are at increased
| risk of unauthorized disclosure, modification, or destruction, and the
| agency's management decisions may be based on unreliable or inaccurate
| financial information."
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/156814/auditor_irs_still_vulnerable_to_cyber_breaches.html?tk=rss_news
Related:
Malware, Spam, and other Net Pests Rev Up
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| The number of malware detections has grown by almost half a million since the
| end of the year, jumping from 500,000 total detections to 900,000.
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| "I have a nasty feeling that the situation is getting worse, not better",
| says Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer for the security vendor.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/147701/malware_spam_and_other_net_pests_rev_up.html
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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