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    No sign of North Korean backing in bot attacks on US sites, says researcher 09 July, 2009 06:28

    There's nothing in the code of the malware used since Saturday to attack a wide array of U.S. and South Korean government and high-profile Web sites that indicates the campaign is backed by the government of North Korea, a noted botnet researcher said today.
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    Online attack hits US government Web sites 08 July, 2009 11:08

    A botnet comprised of about 50,000 infected computers has been waging a war against U.S. government Web sites and causing headaches for businesses in the U.S. and South Korea.
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    New Trojan puts sneaky twist on click fraud 02 July, 2009 04:15

    A new piece of malicious software has been discovered that cheats Google and potentially other search engines out of money.
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    New Trojan puts sneaky twist on click fraud 02 July, 2009 02:12

    A new piece of malicious software has been discovered that cheats Google and potentially other search engines out of money.
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    Could Opera Unite be a botmaster's best friend? 22 June, 2009 08:06

    Opera has added a lot of cool new features to its upcoming Opera 10 browser, and one of them is almost sure to catch the eye of cyber criminals.
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    Spam drops 15% after FTC pulls plug on rogue ISP 10 June, 2009 08:18

    The takedown last week of a rogue ISP by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) slashed spam volumes by about 15% and reduced the spam spewed by a pair of big-name botnets by as much as to just 64%, a security firm said today.
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    Conficker.E to self-destruct on May 5th? 27 April, 2009 07:31

    The evolution of the multi-faceted Conficker worm is expected to take another turn this May 5th when the latest version, Conficker.E, will simply self-destruct on infected machines, say a number of security researchers.
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    One bot-infected PC = 600,000 spam messages a day 23 April, 2009 07:42

    Some bot-infected PCs can crank out as many as 25,000 spam messages per hour, new research released Wednesday claimed.
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    Researcher wants hacker groups hounded mercilessly 22 April, 2009 09:11

    Criminal cyber gangs must be harried, hounded and hunted until they're driven out of business, a noted botnet researcher said today as he prepared to pitch a new anti-malware strategy later this week at the RSA Conference in San Francisco.
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    Conficker group says worm 4.6 million strong 15 April, 2009 05:40

    Security experts say that the Conficker worm has infected an awful lot of computers, making it the largest "botnet" of hacked computers on the planet. The thing they can't seem to agree on, however, is exactly how many people have been hit.
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    Conficker on April 1st: Eve of destruction or big joke? 31 March, 2009 07:14

    Will the Conficker worm, expected to activate on April 1, set off viral destruction or be a dud?
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