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Cyber crime heads to the cloud
News B is for Botnets Rivner said the fraudsters usually split their roles between the "harvester", the hacker who writes and deploys the malware to steal the details, and a "cash-out" criminal who will... [31 Oct 2008]
World Bank hit by cyber intrusion epidemic?
News B is for Botnets It's much better that you find them before a criminally minded hacker does. Fox News said it has an internal memo describing the initial intrusion to World Bank Group employees. Security... [13 Oct 2008]
Oyster card security vulnerabilities uncovered
News B is for Botnets We deliberately tried to stay away from the hacker community. Details of vulnerabilities in the chipset used in London's Oyster travel smartcard have been released by Dutch researchers. [08 Oct 2008]
Tech-savvy recruited for organised crime
News B is for Botnets Security vendor Trend Micro told ZDNet.co.uk that it has also seen hacker recruitment in universities, including in China. Soca said that, while it was "not willing to go into specific... [23 Jun 2008]
Insider security risks exposed
News B is for Botnets Malicious Malfoy is the external hacker who exploits security vulnerabilities to steal information and disrupt corporate networks. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find... [10 Apr 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]
Hack forces Fasthosts to change user passwords
News B is for Botnets UK web-hosting company Fasthosts has reset customer passwords after a hacker breached one of its servers. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. A is for Antivirus [03 Dec 2007]
In brief: Top wi-fi, zombie attack, paradise lost, malware costs
News The move is an attempt to crack down on the number of zombie PCs at large in the world as such compromised machines - known en masse as botnets - are the major source of rogue and malicious email and the US is the worst... [15 Jun 2007]
VoIP threats to watch out for
Comment Spit could be generated in a similar way to email spam with botnets targeting millions of VoIP users from compromised machines. Examples of hacks for SIP include registration hijacking, which allows a... [09 Mar 2007]
Toxbot hackers sentenced by Dutch court
News Botnets are seen by experts as a prime threat to the internet. In addition to the prison sentences, the court ordered the main hacker to pay a €9,000 fine, while the second hacker... [01 Feb 2007]
Vista security: What's in it for you?
News B is for Botnets Peter Wood, a penetration tester - or ethical hacker - from First Base Technologies, suggests the Redmond giant has made promising strides in answering this question. This full disk... [20 Nov 2006]
Top hacker targets named
News B is for Botnets Microsoft's Internet Explorer has been named one of the internet's top 20 hacker targets by a leading security organisation. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. [15 Nov 2006]
Leader: Of course passport security is too weak
Leader Botnets, distributed denial of service attacks, mass mailers, spyware, Trojans - these are all regular security threats. And today it doesn't look all that robust, given reports that attendees at a... [04 Aug 2006]
Analysis: A globetrotter's guide to cyber crime
Comment Criminals care little for where their botnets are located, as long as they are connected to a broadband connection which can be abused. This isn't to say that compromised PCs - or botnets - are solely a... [09 May 2006]
US hacker gets five years in the slammer
News Currently botnets pose the greatest threat to internet security, according to many experts. A US man has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison after he was found guilty of illegally controlling around 400,000... [09 May 2006]
