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Symantec Unleashes Zombie-Fighting Software
The client-side software is aimed at helping consumers battle the growing botnet problem.
   By Sharon Gaudin

FTC and Microsoft Warn Internet Users About Zombie Computers
Microsoft logs 5 million illegal commands to one quarantined zombie computer.
   Federal Trade Commission/Microsoft

Criminals 'may overwhelm the web'
Criminals controlling millions of personal computers are threatening the internet's future, experts have warned.
   By Tim Weber

Security Watch: Free the Norwich 1!
Top Threat: Overzealous Prosecutors
   PC Magazine

Storm Worm Hits Computers Around the World
Computer virus writers started to use raging European storms on Friday to attack thousands of computers in an unusual real-time assault...
   By Reuters

Worm sparks rise in zombie PCs
Malicious code that exploits a recent Windows hole has led to significant growth in the number of hijacked PCs, according to messaging security company CipherTrust.
   By Colin Barker

Zombie tool makes use of Windows, antivirus flaws
Bot software that turns PCs into zombies spreads via holes in Symantec and Microsoft products.
   By Joris Evers

      Traditionally, internet security practices cede the advantage to the bad guys.

      — John S. Quarterman, President, InternetPerils Inc.


Cyber Crime Hits the Big Time in 2006
Experts Say 2007 Will Be Even More Treacherous
   By Brian Krebs

Hackers Will Join Forces With The Mob In 2007, Security Firm Warns
Cybercriminals are expected to become much more organized and connected in the new year, driving zero-day attacks and upping the ante for online crime, according to a new report.
   By Sharon Gaudin

Websense Reveals 2007 Security Threat Predictions
Websense, Inc.predicts that in 2007 organized criminals will join forces with the hacker community to form a more organized cybercrime economy.
   Press Release

Anti-Virus Is Dead, D-E-A-D, Dead!
Outgoing Garnter analyst says "signature-based" anti-virus software isn't protecting anyone anymore and certainly wasn't providing any protection against spyware.
   By Ryan Naraine

Zombie War Goes Worldwide
FTC launches war on zombie nets
   By Bob Francis

ISPs versus the zombies
Internet service providers face mounting pressure to keep their networks free of pests--not only for the benefit of their customers, but also for the good of the Internet in general.
   By Joris Evers

Stopping Zombies Before They Attack: Microsoft Teams with Federal Trade Commission and Consumer Action to Promote PC Protection
“Don't Get Tricked on Halloween” campaign and new lawsuit extend efforts by Microsoft to crack down on illegal methods used by spammers to distribute unsolicited e-mail.
   Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft, FTC Recruit for a Zombie Hunt
Zombies are among us, Microsoft Corp. and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission have cautioned, and although the creatures are technological rather than the lumbering monsters of B-movies, in many ways they can be just as evil.
   By Elizabeth Millard

Zombie and Botnet Protection: The Next Service-Level Requirement?
The evolution of bot/zombie malware from a spam delivery mechanism to a criminal tool for keystroke logging and identity theft is pushing broadband service providers to a tipping point.
   By Robert M. Fleischman

Spyware Articles

U.S. Official Urges Stiffer Anti-Spyware Penalties
FTC Commissioner Jon Leibowitz said the agency should be given expanded authority to impose civil fines on spyware distributors.
   By Reuters

Government Intervention

FTC chief warns against 'unnecessary' Net rules
Deborah Platt Majoras says consumer voices, market forces, existing laws are often good enough to remedy problems.
   By Anne Broache

FTC Mulling Next-Gen Tech, Policy
FTC commission holding hearing for the next "Tech-Ade."
   By Roy Mark

Relevant Technology

CipherTrust's Zombie Stats
See real-time e-mail-based zombie activity tracking of the top three zombie-infected countries
   From CipherTrust

Video Interview
Watch this CNBC Hong Kong interview of CipherTrust's Jay Chaudhry discussing zombies.

Frank Bergen and Rob Fleishman of Simplicita
The CEO and CTo discuss their Denver-based startup that just introduced software that helps ISPs get a handle on problems with zombies and botnet on subscriber PCs.
   Techrockies

Simplicita Taps Real-Time Data from Around the Globe to Precisely Identify and Eliminate Botnets on ISP Networks
   Simplicita press release

Bandy-Friendly Articles

From ABC News

A Teenage Boy Faces Decades in Prison For Visiting Sexually Explicit Web Sites -- But Was It Really Someone Else?
Prison Time For Viewing Porn? [Print]
Prison Time For Viewing Porn? [Video]

Jim Avila's Interview With Andrew Thomas, District Attorney, Maricopa County



In Child Porn Case, Technology Entraps the Innocent
The cautionary tale of Matthew Bandy is burning up the Internet, especially tech sites.
   By Wendy McElroy

Feds offer cybercrime tips to local cops
Police trying to learn how to use the Internet to investigate everything from cyberstalking to spam and illegal hacking have some new advice, thanks to the U.S. Department of Justice.
   By Declan McCullagh


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