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"Our products just aren't engineered for security."
--Brian Valentine, Microsoft executive
Microsoft Patch Tuesday bug is scary
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| THE FIRST Patch Tuesday fix of 2009 put out by Microsoft addresses a
| dangerous security vulnerability in its Server Message Block (SMB) protocol,
| or so say some insecurity experts
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/403/1050403/microsoft-patch-tuesday-bug-is-scary
Next-gen botnet armies fill spam void
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| The demise late last year of four of the world's biggest spam botnets was
| good news for anyone with an email inbox, as spam levels were cut in half -
| almost overnight. But the vacuum has created opportunities for a new breed of
| bots, some of which could be much tougher to bring down, several security
| experts are warning.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/14/botnets_of_2009/
Researcher: Worm infects 1.1M Windows PCs in 24 hours
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| The computer worm that exploits a months-old Windows bug has infected more
| than a million PCs in the past 24 hours, a security company said today.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9125941
Report: 2.5 million PCs infected with Conficker worm
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| According to F-Secure, there are already almost 2.5 million PCs infected with
| the Conficker worm, also known as Downadup. Since the worm has the ability to
| download new versions of itself, it is expected that the infection could
| spread much further. The new code is downloaded from domain names generated
| with a complex algorithm, making it hard to predict what domains will be used
| to spread the worms updates.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/121781
Royal Navy warships lose email in virus infection
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| The Ministry of Defence confirmed today that it has suffered virus infections
| which have shut down "a small number" of MoD systems, most notably including
| admin networks aboard Royal Navy warships.
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| The Navy computers infected are the NavyStar (N*) system, based on a server
| cabinet and cable-networked PCs on each warship and used for purposes such as
| storekeeping, email and similar support functions. N* ship nets connect to
| wider networks by shore connection when vessels are in harbour and using
| satcomms when at sea.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/15/royal_navy_email_virus_outage/
Recent:
Malware, Spam, and other Net Pests Rev Up
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| The number of malware detections has grown by almost half a million since the
| end of the year, jumping from 500,000 total detections to 900,000.
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| "I have a nasty feeling that the situation is getting worse, not better",
| says Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer for the security vendor.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/147701/malware_spam_and_other_net_pests_rev_up.html
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
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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