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Potent malware link infects almost 300,000 webpages
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| A security researcher has identified a new
| attack that has infected almost 300,000
| webpages with links that direct visitors to a
| potent cocktail of malicious exploits.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/10/mass_web_attack/
Scareware slingers flaunt fake MS endorsement
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| Surfers visiting the URL on the Windows
| Support site referenced in the scareware from
| a clean PC will get a 404 'page not found'
| message. Hacked PC victims will see an
| apparent endorsement.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/10/scareware_fake_ms_endorsement/
How many people fall victim to phishing attacks?
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| According to a recently released report,
| based on a sample of 3 million users
| collected over a period of 3 months,
| approximately 45% of the time, users
| submitted their login information to the
| phishing site they visited.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=5084
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
Online banking fraud 'up 8,000%'
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| The UK has seen an 8,000% increase in fake internet banking scams
| in the past two years, the government's financial watchdog has warned.
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| The Financial Services Authority (FSA) told peers it was "very concerned"
| about the growth in "phishing".
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6177555.stm
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