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  • 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.

  • Judge halts Defcon hacking speech

    A federal judge on Saturday in the US granted the Massachusetts transit authority's request for an injunction preventing three MIT students from giving a presentation about hacking smartcards used in the Boston subway system.

  • Storm Worm variant hits new targets

    A variant of the Trojan horse attacks known as Storm Worm emerged on Monday, targeting people who post blogs and notices to bulletin boards.

  • Worm sparks rise in zombie PCs

    Malicious code that exploits a recent Windows hole has led to significant growth in the number of hijacked PCs, according to messaging security company CipherTrust.

  • Spam: Made in Taiwan?

    The majority of spam servers are physically located in Taiwan, according to CipherTrust.

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  • ISPs versus the zombies

    If providers don't pitch in against the threat, customers might defect -- and the health of the Net itself could suffer.

  • Why open source is bad for Australia

    Open source is actually anti-industry, and protecting it is not in Australia's interests, says one industry observer. Additional reading: Why one Norwegian city switched to Linux

  • Who trusts Microsoft's Palladium?

    Are you really about to let Microsoft into your computer systems to police copyright?

  • Cyberlaw: Future's pretty fuzzy

    The state of Internet law was in flux in 2001. Lawyer Doug Isenberg says that if any lesson has emerged, it's that the same thing will probably remain true for 2002.

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