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  • Botnets threaten the Internet as we know it

    Botnets are the biggest threat facing the Internet today and neither education, technology or the police can help, according to experts at the RSA security conference in San Francisco last week.

  • 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.

  • A million zombies threaten US national security

    More than a million PCs under the control of spammers are threatening the US national security, its economy and its information infrastructure, according to the FBI.

  • Spammers arm junk mail with multiple weapons

    Opportunistic spammers are increasingly posting additional threats, such as links to malware, within the body of their unsolicited e-mail messages, according to new findings by Internet security company Marshal Software.

  • Dutch police nab suspected 'bot herders'

    Dutch police have arrested three individuals suspected of hacking into more than 100,000 computers worldwide and using the hijacked systems in online crimes.

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    Microsoft recruiting software pirates to fight Firefox?

    Microsoft is going to let everyone -- even people with an illegal pirate copy of Windows XP -- download IE7 because the software giant really cares about the safety and security of all Internet users. (But don't mention Firefox ...)

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    DDoS makes a phishing e-mail look real

    Just as Internet users learn that clicking on a link in an e-mail purporting to come from their bank is a bad idea, phishers seem to be developing a new tactic -- launch a DDoS attack on the Web site of the company whose customers they are targeting and then send e-mails "explaining" the outage and offering an "alternative" URL.

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  • Security superguide all you need to know

    When chief information officers and other technology managers talk about their priorities, security is always high on the list.

  • Call to arms against cybercrooks

    The CTO of betting exchange Betfair says that more cross-industry cooperation is needed to prevent denial-of-service attacks against online businesses.

  • Researchers infiltrate denial of service networks

    Security researchers have been infiltrating denial of service 'botnets' to study what may be an unstoppable Distributed Denial of Service (DoS) technique.

  • Spim, splog on the rise

    Spammers are increasingly turning to mobile text-messaging, Web-based instant messaging, blogs and social-networking communities such as MySpace.com, according to mail services company MessageLabs.

  • Did Australian Police raid a script kiddie?

    The footage Four Corners displayed of a suspected Melbourne fraudster's house and technology during a police raid last week hardly fits the profile of a master fraudster.

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Reviews (1)

  • Norton Internet Security 2008

    While Symantec's protection is solid, the overall user experience within Norton Internet Security 2008 could be much, much better. Not all the features work together and use fewer system resources.

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