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Zombies are after your ID
News While many of the networks had been used to hit other bot nets with denial-of-service attacks, others had been used to gather sensitive identity information and install adware and spyware, a practice that is increasing, said Thorsten Holz, a... [15 Mar 2005]
Security in the spotlight
AS Analysis The bot-nets can also be used to launch denial of service attacks. As such, the Agenda Setters panel voted to include organised criminals (17) on the list for the part they are believed to play in creating networks of 'bot-nets' - broadband... [26 Sep 2005]
UK virus teen sentenced for Randex infection
News The creation of such 'bot-nets' has become a prolific weapon in the arsenal of professional spammers and their creation through the distribution of worms and Trojans has become big business for virus writers. [21 Dec 2004]
UK teen sentenced for Randex virus
The creation of 'bot-nets' has become a prolific weapon in the arsenal of professional spammers and their creation through the distribution of worms and Trojans has become big business for virus writers. [21 Dec 2004]
Phishers still reeling in thousands of Brits
News The drop witnessed by Postini, which claims to have scanned 14.9 billion emails last month, detecting more than nine million phishing scams - a 45 per cent drop month-on-month - may also be due to ISPs blacklisting servers, bot-nets being closed... [03 May 2005]
