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Kneber Botnet: Spyware Infects 75,000 Corporate, Govt Computers

The Kneber botnet has infected at least 75,000 computers at 2,500 companies and government agenices around the world, having run rampant through government and corporate networks for the past 18 months. The Kneber...

created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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truthcaster

Can't trust the Chinese: mobile phone botnet

A Trojan now known as SYMBOS_YXES.B, said to be a mobile malware designed to send unauthorized SMS from your mobile phone using your contacts was traced to 3 Chinese companies."F-Secure has identified three...

created by truthcaster | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Alida Antonia Cornelius

Is It Safe to Shop On Ebay? What's Going On?

March 10, 2008Alida Antonia CorneliusIs it safe to shop on ebay? This past week I purchased a couple of harnesses for my pup. I like the old type with the real metal buckles and not the new plastic kind. My...

created by Alida Antonia Cornelius | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Cell phone owner? Better watch your BOT in 2009

RayBanBro66

Cell phone owner? Better watch your BOT in 2009

These menancing little creepy things {{BOTS}} seem to get into anything....... read on...."About 15 percent of all online computers are infected with bots, says a new report (PDF) on emerging threats for...

created by RayBanBro66 | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Computer Hacker Sentenced to Two Years in Federal Prison

Albert Milliron

Computer Hacker Sentenced to Two Years in Federal Prison

" SACRAMENTO, Calif.—United States Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced today that GREGORY KING, 21, of Fairfield, Calif., was sentenced to two years in federal prison. KING was also...

created by Albert Milliron | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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World_Groove

Hi-tech thieves target Olympics

Re posted using a Mac" Hi-tech thieves target Olympics The Olympics has motivated many hi-tech...

created by World_Groove | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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loverazor

Mmm... Malware...

Attention, Simpsons fans! If you're using AOL Instant Messenger, avoid any downloads from Chunkylover53, whihc was once an online alias for one of the show's writers. These days, it's an alias for "infect your...

created by Jordan Yerman | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Hacker gets 41 months Jail in USA

Following an investigation which began in December 2006, after marketing firm Newell Rubbermaid notified the London (England, UK) Metropolitan Police's Computer Crime Unit (CCU) about an intrusion on its network, Robert Matthew Bentley, a 21 year old male of...

created by maleger | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Computer Geek blamed for 1 million infections

Barry ORegan

New Zealand: Botmaster blamed for 1 million infections

Police arresting an 18 year computer hacker were shocked to discover he may have been responsible for infecting 1 million computers worldwide. He motive unknown, though bragging rights and international...

created by Barry ORegan | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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gmony714

Virus Alert: You Tube Email virus

Hackers "Storm Botnet" are up to no good."San Francisco - A new email urging recipients to watch a video of themselves on YouTube actually directs them to a fake site that infects their computers and turns them...

created by gmony714 | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
4513 views | 5 recommendations | 3 comments

ricknight

Spam King arrested in Seattle: Does It Matter?

America's number-one spammer has been busted, facing nearly a million dollars' worth of fines and sized assets along with a five-year prison term if convicted. This guy isn't necessarily the author of all those...

created by Jordan Yerman | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Clever spammers stay 'one step ahead' of law

Edmund Jenks

Clever spammers stay 'one step ahead' of law

"Viagra, gibberish, money-transfer requests, more Viagra. Three years after the federal Can-Spam Act went into effect, unsolicited commercial e-mails are assaulting inboxes at record rates as spamming...

created by Edmund Jenks | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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'Pump-and-Dump' Spam Surge Linked to Russian Bot Herders

I've been wondering about the large number of stock tip emails that have been hitting my email account. Turns out it is the work of a group of Rooskie underworld bastids running an unbelievably sophisticated bot-net hacking scam. Ryan Naraine at eWeek has the scoop."The...