Conficker smites Oxford Brookes network
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/03/conficker_infects_oxford_brookes/
'State of the Internet' assessed
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| Blaming the Conficker worm on the majority of the assaults,
| Akamai discovered attacks on 4,100 unique ports, with 10
| specific ports hit in about 90 percent of the cases. One
| specific port, 445, used for Microsoft Directory Services, has
| proven especially vulnerable and was compromised in 68 percent
| of the attacks, allowing hackers to invade computers with this
| port open, Akamai said.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10365091-83.html
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
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