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

News New versions of pre-existing threats, CodBot, IRCBot, Rbot and Sdbot, also began wriggling their way into computers. The recent surge in worms could be part of an underground battle to hijack PCs for use in net crimes, some security experts say...

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[18 Aug 2005]

Worm warning hits highest levels

News Users rushing to protect themselves from the Zotob worm are being warned not to take their eyes off other threats as McAfee raises its alert level on the newly discovered IRCbot to the highest alert. The IRCbot was the first of the exploits to...

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[17 Aug 2005]