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China: Unstoppable threat dragon of Asia
News Despite fewer botnets and phishing Web sites, the country is still tops in the Asia-Pacific region for malicious activity and threats, finds new Symantec report.
Tags: Network security, Data security, PC security, Security Management, Security, Region, Asia, Bot, systems engineering, Attack
Botnets lead way in spam charge
News Over 83 percent of spam in June were sent from botnets, says new report. Instant messages with malicious links and Web-based malware are also on the rise.
Tags: Network security, Security Management, PC security, Data security, Malware, MessageLabs Ltd., Web Browser, Spam, Bot, Messaging
Mobile threat a 'ticking time bomb'
News Mobile botnets are currently non-existent but factors that make such a scenario possible are already in place, says security vendor F-Secure.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Business applications, Mobile platforms, Malware, Security, Mobile, F-Secure Corp., Cell Phone, Bot, operating system
Robo-scientist makes gene discovery--on its own
News Scientists designed "Adam" to carry out scientific research automatically, without the need for further human intervention.
Tags: Robot, Robotics, Bot, Robot, Yeast, Artificial Intelligence, University of Cambridge, U.K., researcher, scientist
Businesses targeted by small botnets
News Most networks of compromised computers in organizations are small and surreptitious, according to security company Damballa.
Tags: Hacking, PC security, Data security, Authentication and encryption, Spam and phishing, Machine, Antivirus, network, corporate security, Vienna University
Finjan finds botnet of 1.9M infected computers
News Huge botnet hosted in the Ukraine is being used to send spam, record keystrokes, and copy files of infected computers running Windows XP, researchers say.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Spam and phishing, Finjan Software Inc., Bot, bot network, Ukraine, computer, RSA Security Inc., director of marketing, chief technology officer
Self-destructing botnets
Techguide Self-destruct code is often written into bot malware. Up until recently that wasn't considered an issue. So, what changed and what does it mean to IT security personnel?
Tags: Operating systems, Network security, Security Management, PC security, Data security, Malware, Security, Bot, Financial Company, Michael Kassner
Hosts file pharming and other botnet recruitment methods
Techguide Fighting spam and other botnet recruitment efforts requires constant vigilance. The bad guys may not be eliminated, but we can make it harder for them to use our networks for financial gain.
Tags: Business security, Network security, Data security, PC security, Security Management, Security, Spam, Bot, Pharming, IP Address
Spam increasing again after shutdown of hosting company
News Two weeks after hosting provider McColo was shut down, the volume of spam is increasing again as stranded botnets get connected to new domains.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Domain names, MessageLabs Ltd., Domain, Spamming, Spam, Bot, Hosting Company, Washington Post Co., Spammer
Symantec creates havoc with unsigned Norton patch
News Mysterious Norton patch triggers firewall alerts and sends users flocking to forums where Symantec finds itself fending off a spam attack.
Tags: Network security, Security Management, Antivirus software, Norton Co., Norton Internet Security, Bot, Internet Security, Washington Post Co., Patch, Symantec Norton AntiVirus
SecureWorks unmasks the Coreflood Trojan
News The average lifecycle of the Coreflood Trojan bot is about 66 days, according to research.
Tags: Security, Viruses and worms, Database, Bot, SecureWorks Inc., Password, software, Spamhaus, network, bank
NXP to open up Mifare APIs for mobile software
News The chip company will offer royalty-free APIs to developers to write software for mobile devices that have embedded NXP Mifare RFID chips.
Tags: Cellular phones, Mobile processors, Software engineering/development, Security, Mobile, mobile software, Bot, Chip, API, RFID chip
Google acquires ReCaptcha as book-scanning aid
News Google's massive book-scanning project could produce more accurate results with ReCaptcha, a twist on the captcha-style log-in screens found on many Web sites.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Data Management, Scanner, Bot, computer science, font, Carnegie-Mellon University, CAPTCHA, blog
F-Secure: 12 million 'active' bots worldwide
News In a new report, the Finnish security vendor says botnet activity stepped up worldwide in 2008, and potential numbers of infected zombie PCs are "staggering".
Tags: Antivirus software, PC security, Disaster Recovery, Malware, F-Secure Corp., Disaster Recovery Planning, Bot, IP, Computer, Server
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Product Reviews Acclaim Machines CD
Tags: Unit, Bot, Machine, Acclaim, Terrain Feature, 3D, Gameplay, Pathfinding Issue, Artificial Intelligence, laser
