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[News] [Rival] Microsoft Windows Zombies Still Make Cyber and Financial Chaos

  • Subject: [News] [Rival] Microsoft Windows Zombies Still Make Cyber and Financial Chaos
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:32:26 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
Online casinos hit by bot armies

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| However, the use of botnets is more problematic, due to the fact that until 
| recently botmasters had not been targeted by the FBI, and the actual 
| computers involved belong to innocent third parties.  
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/09/online_money_laundering/

Anti-fraud site turfed offline after Joe Job attack

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| The spam emails, which were badly worded and full of grammatical errors, were 
| coming from zombie machines - none of which were on Fasthost's domain." 
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/15/bobbear_joe_job/

Not sure if this is the one [H]omer mentioned the other day, but just in case:

http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=http://www.commerceonline.com

US Commerce Bank says hacking damage was limited

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| Commerce Bank, which operates banks in five U.S. states, said that a hacker 
| gained access to a database with about 3,000 customer records and accessed 
| data belonging to 20 of them. The bank is contacting those who may have been 
| affected.    
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1079330300&rid=-50

Why, oh, why Windows?


Related:

Study: Billions of dollars spent on security

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| Large U.S. businesses will spend $61 billion on security by the end
| of this year, representing 7.3 percent of total IT budgets in the
| country, according to a new report from Info-Tech Research Group.
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http://news.com.com/2110-7350_3-6135989.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news


Finally, anti “bot” technology is launched, and it’s from Norton

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| Now that a specific anti “bot” program has been released, from Symantec no 
| less, the threat from bots, botnets and zombified computers are hitting the 
| news more often, and is finally entering the mainstream users in a big way.  
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http://www.itwire.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13585&Itemid=1105


Symantec Software Battles Vicious New PC Enemies: 'Bots'

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| "We are seeing rapid increase in botnet infections," says Ed Kim, director 
| of product management in the consumer division at Symantec. 
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http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/newsanalysis/itmanagement/10368181.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&amp&cm_cat=FREE&amp&cm_ite=NA


Botnet 'pandemic' threatens to strangle the net

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| Cerf estimated that between 100 million and 150 million of the
|                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| 600 million PCs on the internet are under the control of hackers,
|                                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| the BBC reports.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/26/botnet_threat/


FBI to Notify Microsoft Windows Users Who Were Victims of Botnets

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| The Department of Justice and FBI have announced the results of 
| an ongoing cyber crime initiative to disrupt and dismantle 
| “botherders” and elevate the public’s cyber security 
| awareness of botnets.
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http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/general/10550/fbi-notify-microsoft-windows-users-who-were-victims-botnets

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