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Botnets to go
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| Security services provider Finjan has released a report from its Malicious
| Code Research Center analysing a trading platform for botnets. According to
| the report, the underground trade in infected computers offers a
| comprehensive menu of botnets at locations all around the world. Some Far
| Eastern networks can be had for a mere $5 a thousand PCs.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/140687/from/rss09
Legit websites face malware hits
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| "This emerging threat is becoming very real and is already affecting millions
| and millions of websites. 30,000 web pages are affected every day according
| to the likes of Microsoft and the security firm Sophos," said Mr Daswani who
| was a senior security engineer at Google.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8102208.stm
Related:
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
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2008-03-16-computer-botnets_N.htm
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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