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  • Bots may get cloak of encryption

    In their quest to retain control over hijacked PCs, cybercriminals will add encryption to their malicious software to avoid detection and removal, one expert predicted Monday in the United States.

  • Bots for Sony CD software spotted online

    A first wave of malicious software written to piggyback on Sony BMG Music Entertainment CD copy protection tools has been spotted online, computer security companies said Thursday in the United States.

  • Run! The bots are coming

    If there is one eye-catching trend in Symantec's latest half-yearly Internet security threat report, it is that bots are upon us.

  • War against the bots

    A look at the fight against technologies designed to bring you more and more spam.

  • Google trains indexing bots to fill HTML forms

    Google's ever active search bots, which scour the Web constantly for new pages, have begun a new, more active phase of their indexing jobs.

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  • Read the blog post - Liam Tung

    Aussie PCs valuable for all the wrong reasons

    When foreign markets are willing to pay twice as much for your exports, it's usually a good sign. Unfortunately for Australia, the goods being traded are compromised PCs but why are Australians worth twice as much as Americans?

  • 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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  • Battle of the bots

    You can't hear them and you can't see them, but be warned, bots are all around us and they do have a search-and-destroy attitude that could be the death of your business.

  • Run! The bots are coming

    If there is one eye-catching trend in Symantec's latest half-yearly Internet security threat report, it is that bots are upon us.

  • War against the bots

    A look at the fight against technologies designed to bring you more and more spam.

  • Hackers return fire at security patches

    Hackers have hit back against major security patches issued by the likes of Microsoft, with a marked rise in self-installing robot programs that allow an unauthorised user to control a computer remotely.

  • Precision security fighting at Cisco

    Cisco security maven John Stewart says never mind the OS -- attackers are after the apps, from IM to Office.

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  • 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.

  • HotBot Quick Search Deskbar 3.1.6

    HotBot has potential, combining desktop with Internet searches, but this beta version has a few glitches to overcome.

  • Faster Webcam

    Lakovision is now shipping its new iBOT Video Camera, designed for video conferencing, simple movie making, office presentations, video e-mails, and surveillance purposes.

  • Find it fast: six apps that search your hard drive

    Need to find a specific e-mail message or file on your hard drive? You're not alone. Fortunately, six new localised-search apps let you search your hard drive. Read on to find out more.

  • X1 Search 04.09

    For about $100, you can index your e-mail and files with the superfast X1 Search -- or you could try one of the free competitors.

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