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  • Storm worming its way through love

    After a hiatus, the gang behind the Storm worm is attempting to exploit people's curiosity about a fictional love interest to tempt users into downloading the malware, according to security training organisation the Sans Institute.

  • What really happened in Estonia's cyberwar?

    One year ago, the Estonian government moved a war memorial honouring Russian-Estonians who died fighting the Nazis, a move that may have triggered what some believe is the first instance of a sustained, international cyberwar.

  • US wants its own botnet for preemptive strikes

    The US Air Force is talking openly about forming botnets to launch preemptive attacks in cyberspace.

  • Spam turns 30 - still no end in sight

    This week, the world marks an anniversary that has changed the face and other anatomical regions of e-mail inboxes everywhere: the first known spam e-mail was sent 30 years ago on Saturday.

  • Botnets threaten the Internet as we know it

    Botnets are the biggest threat facing the Internet today and neither education, technology or the police can help, according to experts at the RSA security conference in San Francisco last week.

  • US Homeland Security wants a cyber-nuclear bomb

    The US wants to help defend against cyber attacks by embarking on a project that would build the equivalent of an online nuclear bomb.

  • Five percent of Web traffic caused by DDoS attacks

    After analysing traffic from 68 ISPs around the globe, a security researcher claims that as much as five percent of all Internet traffic is from DDoS-attacks.

  • Teen bot herder pleads guilty in NZ

    An 18-year-old bot herder from New Zealand plead guilty on Monday to six charges resulting from a failed botnet upgrade that led to a denial-of-service attack on the University of Pennsylvania.

  • Botnet fast-flux cloacking and leasing on the rise

    Security vendor RSA has reported an increase in the use of "fast-flux" to obscure zombie computer activities. However, University of Cambridge researchers disagree, saying it's the same botnet being leased out to others.

  • Gmail crack causes spam flood

    The software tool used by Google's Gmail to stop spammers has been cracked, leading to a big increase in spam sent from Gmail accounts last month, according to security firm MessageLabs.

  • Marriage and war spawn 10-year virus outbreak

    The most significant changes to IT security have come from sociological shifts such as young virus writers finding love or seeking employment after international wars, says a security veteran.

  • Valentine e-cards contain infections, not love

    Valentine e-greetings from a stranger are likely to contain destructive Trojans, according to the FBI.

  • Europe keeps US from top of spammers list

    European spam networks have pumped out more unsolicited mail than the US for the third month in a row, according to a recent study.

  • Mega-D sticks it to Storm in spam contest

    A botnet used solely to send junk e-mail promoting penis enlargement products has taken over from the Storm botnet as the most prolific sender of spam, according to security researchers.

  • Storm worm celebrates first birthday with love

    The anniversary week of the first Storm worm attack brought more variants, one of which launches an early Valentine Day attack.

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