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China cages game Trojan hackers
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| The malware slingers were sentenced to up to
| three years behind bars and fined a total of
| $120,000. More prosecutions are pending
| against other alleged gang members, IDG
| reports
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/17/china_jails_game_trojan_vxers/
RockYou password snafu exposes webmail accounts
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| Millions of user passwords to social
| networking sites have been exposed, after a
| serious SQL injection flaw on the Rockyou.com
| website left login details - stored in plain
| text - up for grabs.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/16/rockyou_password_snafu/
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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