Botnet Attacks Military Systems
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| Security researchers have discovered a complex spamming scheme that hijacks
| users' PCs in order to attempt to send junk mail via university and military
| systems.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/145416/botnet_attacks_military_systems.html
Brute force makes opportunities for cybercrime, e.g.:
Resist the Latest Business Phishes
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| The latest spam can take the form of a subpoena purporting to be from a
| United States District Court, a calendar invite, or an IRS refund, in 'net
| cast wide' blasts or more targeted 'spear phishing' usually aimed at
| businesses.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/blogs/larkin_on_the_web/145420/resist_the_latest_business_phishes.html
Recent:
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
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