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News B is for Botnets Ratcliffe told silicon that requests for password resets were running at 400 per month. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. A is for Antivirus C is for CMA
[21 Apr 2008]
News While not new, the development of botnets remains a big security concern because the "fast flux" approach used by attackers to protect their robotic networks is making the life of botnet investigators difficult.
[09 Apr 2008]
News B is for Botnets Mick Gorrill, assistant commissioner at the ICO, added in a statement: "It is essential that before a company allows personal information to leave its premises on a laptop there are adequate security procedures in place to protect...
[25 Jan 2008]
News B is for Botnets The password-protected CDs contain the names, addresses, dates of birth and national insurance numbers of the entire HMRC child benefit database. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more.
[14 Jan 2008]
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]
News B is for Botnets Fasthosts subsequently implemented automatic password change to every customer which did not change their control panel and FTP passwords. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more.
[03 Dec 2007]
News B is for Botnets Two password-protected CDs containing information from the child benefit database were sent unrecorded and unregistered by a junior HMRC official through courier TNT to the National Audit Office on 18 October but never arrived and...
[03 Dec 2007]
News B is for Botnets But customers using their child's name or date of birth as a password - information which is contained in the lost records - are advised to think strongly about changing them. It emerged last week that HMRC has lost two password...
[29 Nov 2007]
News B is for Botnets The loss by Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) of two password-protected CDs containing 25 million personal details of those who claim and receive child benefit was a major blow for privacy, according to assistant information...
[23 Nov 2007]
News B is for Botnets But Darling told MPs this week: "It now appears that, following a further request from the NAO in October for information from the child benefit database, again at a junior level and again contrary to all HMRC standing procedures...
[21 Nov 2007]
News B is for Botnets Two password-protected CDs containing the child benefit information were sent unrecorded and unregistered by a junior HMRC official through courier TNT to the National Audit Office on 18 October but never arrived and have not been...
[20 Nov 2007]
News B is for Botnets Salesforce.com is refusing to reveal details of a security breach caused when one of its employees surrendered their password in a phishing attack against the company. Details of Salesforce.com's customers were stolen as a result...
[08 Nov 2007]
News B is for Botnets Graham Yellowley, director of technology services at Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International, said: "The laptop is password protected at boot time and all data is accessed from the servers located at our main site using Citrix as a...
[15 May 2007]
Comment The botnets are used by their owners to defraud internet advertisers, as in Ancheta's case. Now botnets and phishing dominate malware. He sees botnets as a major problem that cannot be easily fixed because the hijacked machines are mostly home PCs...
[12 Apr 2006]
News The most-seen threat today is remote control code used to maintain networks of zombie PCs, or botnets, he said. Password-stealing Trojan horses used to be all the rage. Cyber criminals are surfing into online banks with you to steal your money.
[20 Feb 2006]
News Zombie networks of computers, known as botnets, are available to buy over the internet, Kaspersky added. At this point, the Trojan records the user's key strokes, capturing their user name, password and account numbers.
[10 Dec 2004]
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