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Third of XP security suites flunk tests
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| A third of 60 anti-malware products for
| Windows XP failed to make the grade in
| independent security tests.
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| 20 out of 60 security products tested by
| independent security certification body
| Virus Bulletin flunked its rigourous VB100
| certification, mainly because of false
| positive problems. False alarms in scanning
| benign files from major providers including
| Adobe, Microsoft, Google and Sun tripped up
| many of the products under test. Failure to
| detect complex polymorphic viruses also
| acted as a stumbling block during Virus
| Bulletin's largest ever test of anti-malware
| products to date.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/13/winxp_anti_malware_tests/
Bank Worker Pleads Guilty to Hacking 100 ATMs
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| A Bank of America worker pleaded guilty
| Tuesday to installing malware on more than
| 100 ATMs, and stealing $304,000 over a
| seven-month period.
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http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/04/malware-targeted-100-atms
McAfee sued over third-party pop-up pitches
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| Security software maker McAfee is being sued
| over alleged sneaky tactics in promoting
| third-party services to consumers buying its
| anti-virus technology.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/14/mcafee_pop_up_lawsuit/
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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