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- (1) roBOT A program used on the Internet that performs a repetitive function such as posting a message to multiple newsgroups or searching for information or news. Bots...
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- FBI crackdown nabs 8 botnet herders
- The FBI today announced the arrest of eight U.S. men accused to hijacking PCs for use in a million-strong botnet that accounted for $20 million in economic loss. In its "Bot Roast II" crackdown, the FBI said it also served 13 search warrants in the U.S. and...
- Blog posts 2007-11-29
- Photos: Tech camp for kids
- Thousands of kids are attending iD Tech Camps on college campuses around the country this summer. Jimmy McChristy, 17, shows off video animations he''s created with Adobe AfterEffects for a four-minute film takeoff on the movie The Matrix.McChristy, a Santa Fe, N.M., high school senior, is one of thousands of...
- Image galleries 2007-08-09
- 'Operation Bot Roast' nets million-strong botnet operation
- Law enforcement authorities today announced the arrest of three men accused of using a million-strong botnet of hijacked computers for spam-related crime.The FBI said its "Operation Bot Roast" identified more than one million victim computer IP addresses being used in criminal activity."The FBI is working with our industry partners,...
- Blog posts 2007-06-13
- E-mail gangs bombarding Britain with spam
- E-mail gangs bombarding Britain with spamBritain has computers?I am in shock that they have computers, much less internet access!Maybe they will run and hide now.Is it possible to identify the "bot" computers???If so, can't the ISP's just shut off their access until they clean up their act (get the crap...
- Discussion threads 2006-11-27
- You've heard of Trojan horses? How about Trojan grids?
- Over the weekend, fellow ZDNet blogger George Ou wrote to me to say I might be interested some math he did in a recent blog -- math that for fun, I'm now calling George's Law. George's Law appears in his blog about certain types of WiFi access...
- Blog posts 2005-11-14
- 'Bot' for Sony CD software spotted online
- 'Bot' for Sony CD software spotted onlineSony's EULA is worse than their DRMHas anyone read the EULA Sony includes with their cd's?http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004145.phpIf your house gets burgled, you have to delete all your music from your laptop when you get home. That's because the EULA says that your rights to any...
- Discussion threads 2005-11-10
- California man charged in 'bot net' attacks
- California man charged in 'bot net' attacksONLY about 5 years behind the SUMBAG Criminals...Burning this A-Hole at the stake would be a good way to send a clear message to other SPAMMERS what is in store for them, but he'll just get a slap on the wrist and keep SPAMMING...
- Discussion threads 2005-11-03
- 'Bot herders' may have controlled 1.5 million PCs
- 'Bot herders' may have controlled 1.5 million PCsBut nobody expects the Dutch Inquisitionaren't they too busy making wooden shoes?All posible because of Microsoft. For criminals, it is much easierto hijack computers. We are just lucky these guys were caught.how long would it take 1.5 million computers to...break 128 bit encryption?...
- Discussion threads 2005-10-21
- Lunar Lockout 1.0 (Mobile)
- The Object of the Game: Shut down those onboard computers before they shut you down for keeps! You're outside the Lunar Mothership in your spacepod -- locked out by a computer mutiny. With the aid of your loyal Helper-Bots, you must maneuver your Pod to the Emergency Entry Port at...
- Software downloads 2001-05-03
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- Windows 7 puts Vista into perspective: Only a 'failure' in retrospect
- The fault lies with MS and Driver manufacturersWe don't criticize macs because they are a package deal, with a price premium to match so they generally work just fine. We don't call for witch hunts of Linux distro's because we expect to have problems and tweaks with Linux, plus it's...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- Google Wave: Begging for a classrom
- Using Wave to interconnect academic institutionsI think, the first large-scale Wave deployment should be used to interconnect all academic institutions around the world.This would be attractive because:1. younger generations are very adaptable, to new technology.2. there is a great deal of collaboration, in the academic world.3. technical glitches are likely...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-13
- The case of the fake money-mules: Inside the URLZone Trojan network
- Security EvangelistHi, boy I sure wish people would stop using the word Evangelist in the wrong way. An Evangelist is someone you preaches the Gospel of Jesus Christ, not a secular title at all. Wikipedia recently removed the secular definition and Webster is researching it. Evangelist is from the Greek...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- Google exec calls for ISPs to get tough on botnets
- I can't agree with a requirement for active A/V.I don't need nor want useless A/V software on my systems.Its inappropriate for an ISP to scan MY machine..for paid access to the interent (when they want to claim they are a "dumb pipe"). If I am spewing out malware - sure,...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-23
- Google scores a 2-for-1 with reCAPTCHA acquisition
- Google said today that it has acquired reCAPTCHA, a company that provides CAPTCHAs, those squiggly words in a box that you have to type to verify that you are a real person and not a computer bot. The technology is widely used - more than 100,000 Web...
- Blog posts 2009-09-16
- Doctor Antivirus 2008 (The ultimate guide to scareware protection)
- ScamsI have seen many of these screens before, on my own PC. I usually retreat to AVG, Norton, or Symantec sites to check their claims, do online scans, and Google search to find unhappy "users"RE: Doctor Antivirus 2008 The ultimate guide to scareware protectionthere ought to be laws... even so...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-14
- Windows zero-day reported
- Oh my god, a piece of software has an error!I think if this can be duplicated (as it seems from the story the 'bug' is inconsistent) the it will be patched. Every software has bugs and few software is more complex than an OS.RE: Windows zero-day reportedWindows needs to be...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-08
- Brazilian ID thieves using Twitter as botnet command channel
- You have got to be kidding me?Now we have Twitter being used to command botnets? When is this going to end? Actually, I've already answered my own question: never!Not until PC's are built from the ground up to NEVER EVER automatically run something until they are given permission by the...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-14
- Reseachers run one million virtual machines to help flight botnet problem
- LateYou are like 2 weeks late to the story.http://www.hpcwire.com/offthewire/Sandia-Computer-Scientists-Boot-One-Million-Linux-Kernels-as-Virtual-Machines-51891292.htmlAt the risk of starting a flame...war, shouldn't they be running Windows kernels? If they are wanting to mimic a real world botnet scenario then they would need to run Windows. Since 90% or so PC's run Windows and Windows is definitely...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-09
- Fake Microsoft patch malware campaign makes a comeback
- Fake Microsoft patch malware campaign makes a comebackHacked Linux servers often are botnet mastersand many linux machines are, oblivious to the user, participants in botnets. http://lwn.net/Articles/222153/http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=10251Oh, sure. If you say so.ntirresponsible users (or admins, in this case) regardless of OSA desktop user to clicks on a web link to...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-05
- The history and future of Chrome OS
- The history and future of Chrome OSGoogle - MicrosoftMicrosoft MS like all monopolies has grown fat and sloppy - just look at Vista. What a piece of crap that was and is and MS made millions off this nightmare. They more than control all desk top software, they...
- Discussion threads 2009-07-11
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