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Botnets: The New Threat Landscape
White Paper This white paper discusses the typical lifecycle of a botnet, the damage caused by botnet attacks, and the most effective detection and mitigation techniques. A botnet is an army of compromised machines, also known as "Zombies," that are under the... [13 Jun 2008]
Vista security under scrutiny, again
News These threats can cause substantial damage, by acting as backdoors for hackers to access personal and confidential information from the PC or for the PC to become integrated into a botnet and be used for malicious purposes. [21 May 2008]
FBI cyber crime chief on botnets, web terror and the social network threat
Comment Scott O'Neal oversees the FBI's response to computer hacking and botnet attacks by criminals, terrorists and foreign powers. How home users are fuelling the botnet networks There's the loss of dollars where an account has money stolen from it and... [15 Apr 2008]
Botnet Threats and Solutions: Phishing
White Paper This white paper examines the existence of and interactions within the botnet ecosystem that enables phishing - a fraudulent type of spam - and the ensuing damage. Off late malicious attacks involving tens of thousands of virus-infected PCs... [28 Mar 2008]
Botnet Threats and Solutions
White Paper This paper examines the existence of and interactions within the botnet ecosystem that enables phishing and its ensuing damage. It also provides information on how businesses and consumers can protect themselves against these attacks. [29 Nov 2006]
UK's 'worst' spammer banged up
News He responded by phoning Nominet and threatening to attack its systems with a botnet of 200,000 zombie PCs unless the warning was withdrawn. Peter Francis-Macrae of Cambridgeshire was found guilty of fraudulent trading, concealing criminal property... [17 Nov 2005]
Email Security: Advances from the Front Lines of Enterprise Email Defense
White Paper Researchers at Proofpoint's Anti-Spam Laboratory work on the "front line" of the enterprise e-mail wars, developing advanced technologies that deliver real-time protection against new spam attacks, botnet-created spam storms, emerging viruses and... [14 Oct 2005]
Teen gets five years for DDoS attacks
News He then organised them into a botnet, and targeted two companies that sold sports clothing online. Prosecutors said Singh caused around $1.5m (£830,000) damage to Jersey-Joe.com, and another online company, Distant Replays. [18 Aug 2005]
