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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 108 days ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 04:03:34 -0500 (CDT)http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/06/technology/06hack.htmlBy JOHN MARKOFFThe New York TimesAugust 5, 2008A criminal gang is using software tools normally reserved for computer network administrators to infect thousands of PCs in corporate and government networks with programs that steal passwords and other information, a security researcher has found.The new form of attack indicates that little progress has been made in def read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 60 days ago
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China a distant secondWhen it comes to cybercrime, Eastern Europe, China, and Brazil may get the lion's share of press attention, but a new study shows a vast proportion of attacks come from computers in the United States.… read more »
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