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  • Cybercriminals shrinking botnets to foil detection

    Cybercriminals are downsizing their botnets to try and trick software security companies.

  • US wants its own botnet for preemptive strikes

    The US Air Force is talking openly about forming botnets to launch preemptive attacks in cyberspace.

  • ISPs accused of ignoring botnet invasion

    Internet Service Providers are in the perfect position to kill vast armies of compromised computers -- or bots -- that are being used by cyber-criminals to launch the majority of spam and phishing attacks, according security specialists at the AusCERT 2006 conference.

  • Kaspersky impressed by botnet slickness

    Cybercrime fighter Eugene Kaspersky can't help but be impressed by the slick operations behind the Conficker botnet, and says that it could have been worse had the botnet been after more than just money.

  • iPhone virus adds botnet powers

    In a similar fashion to the relatively benign ikee virus that was recently released, another iPhone virus is targeting jailbroken Australian devices and builds botnet functionality into it, according to computer security firm, Sophos.

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