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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 The cyber crime department's main priority is tackling child pornography...

Tags: security, malware, cyber crime

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[15 Apr 2008]

UK banks targeted by phishing attacks

News The attacks could mark the emergence of a new threat from the Storm botnet, according to a report from security company RSA's Anti-Fraud Command Center (AFCC). Attackers used the Storm botnet as a fast flux-network, frequently rotating the IP...

Tags: phishing, botnet, rsa, attacks

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[15 Feb 2008]

Is latest can of worms a cyber-crime turf war?

News A botnet of about 5,500 "zombies", or compromised computers, typically costs spammers, phishers or other crooks about $350 per week, security company Symantec has said. These botnets are rented out to relay spam and launch phishing scams, which...

Tags: zotob, turf war, botnet, virus

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[18 Aug 2005]

Virus warning: Bagle variant has alarming attack strategy

News The final part of the triumvirate is a second Trojan, called Win32.Mitglieder, which disables firewalls and antivirus software, further lowering the shields, and then hijacks the infected PC for use as part of a botnet.

Tags: glieder, virus, worm, trojan

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[03 Jun 2005]