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Are we losing the security war?
Comment B is for Botnets The broadband society, botnets and the Russian Business Network were, as yet, largely unimagined dangers. Five years ago, hopes were high that cyber crime could be cracked. A short cyber crime story on Al Jazeera TV on Sunday made... [29 Apr 2008]
Mobiles to come under attack from 'bad guys'
News B is for Botnets Mobile devices are going to become the next big target for cyber criminals who will be helped by the greater availability of tools to develop software for them. Speaking to silicon.com at Infosec 2008 in London, former advisor to... [24 Apr 2008]
Dear silicon.com... File-sharers, women in tech and the price of 'experts'
Comment Editor's choice silicon.com editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ Photos: Australian broadband goes for a deep-sea dive ¦ FBI cyber crime chief on botnets, web terror and the social network threat ¦ Peter... [17 Apr 2008]
FBI cyber crime chief on botnets, web terror and the social network threat
Comment The marketing of cyber crime in general and botnets in particular is a growing threat. It will be botnets. We are concerned we do see that because botnets are by nature a force multiplier. The growth of international cyber crime and terrorism over... [15 Apr 2008]
Nato allies form cyber defence command
News B is for Botnets We need to be ahead of the bad guys, the threat can come from many sources, cyber crime, cyber terrorism or state activity. Nato is creating a cyber command to protect its allies against crippling online attacks on national... [08 Apr 2008]
PM to pump cash into security and espionage tech
News B is for Botnets He said: "I can confirm that, to meet future security needs, we have set aside funds to modernise our interception capability; that, at GCHQ and in the Secret Intelligence Service, we are developing new technical capabilities to... [20 Mar 2008]
Nato: Cyber terrorism 'as dangerous as missile attack'
News B is for Botnets Countries also need to resolve issues of law enforcement across national boundaries and the technical challenges of tackling the spread of cyber crime, he added. Suleyman Anil, head of Nato Computer Incident Response Capability Co... [07 Mar 2008]
Tories: Time to wage war on cyber crime
News B is for Botnets The Conservatives have criticised the government's response to the growing threat from cyber crime and unveiled plans for a national e-crime unit and a dedicated e-crime minister if they win the next election. [06 Mar 2008]
Photos: Viruses and Trojans come to life
Photo This is the Storm virus which has formed one of the largest ever botnets with around two million computers compromised by it. Security software firm MessageLabs, has turned a number of cyber threats into works of art using the malicious computer... [06 Mar 2008]
Why no united front on cyber crime?
Comment Companies have been developing their security counter-measures to deal with the more common, asymmetric mass attacks launched through spam, phishing, botnets, denial of service and all manner of other exploits. [27 Feb 2008]
Police unprepared for security 'arms race'
News B is for Botnets A former US intelligence tech specialist has warned of the need for a dedicated cyber-crime task force in the UK. Businesses have also called for a dedicated police cyber crime unit. Bret Hartman, CTO at security company RSA and... [14 Feb 2008]
Top 10 security stories of the year
News B is for Botnets This year has seen a shift from viruses, botnets and spam swamping the security headlines, to the loss of personal information by private and public organisations - leading to calls for better data protection and privacy laws. [13 Dec 2007]
Cyber spies plan attacks next year
News B is for Botnets Jeff Green, senior vice president of McAfee Avert Labs and product development, said cyber crime is now a global issue which has evolved significantly and it is no longer just a threat to industry and individuals but increasingly... [30 Nov 2007]
Crime pays - and pays very well in cyberspace
Comment At the same time, the daily impact from online crime spreads like a brushfire, leading one of the architects of the internet, Vint Cerf, to warn recently of a pandemic with up to a quarter of computers on the net available to cyber criminals in so... [07 Mar 2007]
Toxbot hackers sentenced by Dutch court
News Botnets are seen by experts as a prime threat to the internet. Referring to the case as the first large cyber crime case tried in the Netherlands a spokesman for the prosecution told Dutch media: "We're not unhappy with the ruling in this case. [01 Feb 2007]
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