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The view from the top of IT with TechWorld Editor Rohan Pearce
So long as people click on unsolicited attachments in email, scammers will invent new ways to take their money, identities and more.
By Michael Cooney | 07 January, 2012 08:28
Recent efforts by Microsoft and law enforcement to take down the biggest spamming botnets may have helped fight pharmaceutical companies but they have had little effect on overall spam levels.
By Liam Tung | 19 August, 2011 08:38
The source code and a manual to the popular crimeware creation kit Zeus has been leaked, perhaps giving defenders additional tools to fight infections but also raising concerns that criminals may use the source code to create a rapidly expanding compendium of variants.
By Robert Lemos | 14 May, 2011 07:09
Suspects charged with stealing more than US$9.4 million from U.K. banks using the Zeus botnet apparently spent more time figuring out the logistics of stealing the money than they did on securing their cyber operation.
By Tim Greene | 30 September, 2010 08:17
The newest version of Zeus, a do-it-yourself crimeware kit responsible for millions of dollars in losses by consumers and businesses, comes with anti-piracy provisions similar to those used by Microsoft's Windows, a researcher said today.
By Gregg Keizer | 16 March, 2010 07:15
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