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Microsoft secretly beheads notorious botnet
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/security/355852/microsoft-secretly-beheads-notorious-botnet
Let's not forget who's responsible for these........
Here is a Microsoft advert from the MSBBC:
Microsoft shuts down global spam network
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| Microsoft has won court approval to shut down
| a global network of computers which it says is
| responsible for more than 1.5bn spam messages
| every day.
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| A US judge granted the firm's request to shut
| down 277 internet domains, which it said were
| used to "command and control" the so-called
| Waledac botnet.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8537741.stm
Cyber Attacks Hit 75% of Enterprises in 2009
http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3866931
Experts warn of catastrophe from cyberattacks
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10458759-245.html
Intel Says Cyber-attack Targeted Systems in January
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Intel-Cyber-Attack-Targeted-Systems-in-January-865837/
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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