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Gerry Smith

Microsoft Raids Offices in Two States To Disrupt Massive Botnet

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 03.26.2012

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Cyber investigators from Microsoft, joined by a team of United States marshals, raided offices in Pennsylvania and Illinois Friday to disrupt a global...

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Gerry Smith

Internet Providers Agree to Fight 'Zombie' Computer Networks

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 03.22.2012

Read More: Internet, Cyber Threat, Fcc, Federal Communications Commission, Cybersecurity, Botnet, Botnets, Computer Hackers, Cyberattack, Internet Providers, Hackers, Technology News

Every month, about four million computers turn into zombies, according to researchers. Unbeknownst to their owners, who have accidentally clicked ...

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How Microsoft Took Down A Massive Botnet

Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Cybersecurity, Microsoft Botnet, Microsoft Kelihos Botnet, Botnet, Kelios, Kelihos Botnet, Microsoft, Technology News

By Nick Clayton, The Wall Street Journal Last week, Microsoft announced it had shut down the botnet known as Kelihos, Waledac 2.0 or Hlux. The focu...

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Trace Radiation Isn't the Only Global Fallout From Fukushima

Mason Inman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Carbon, Gas Prices, Cap and Trade, Greenhouse Gases, Nuclear Power, Environment, Green, Spam, Botnet, Japan, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Radiation, Carbon Footprint, Green News
Mason Inman

Despite the radiation now spread across Japan, New Scientist points out fossil fuels are far deadlier than nuclear power -- mainly because of air pollution

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Fighting Bots Is Everybody's Business

Joe Waz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Spam, Broadband, Network Security, Botnet, Cybercrime, Technology News
Joe Waz

Every one of us has to be a soldier against spam, bots, and other Internet abuses. You wouldn't leave your doors unlocked at home -- why would you leave your computer open to the world?

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Waledac Botnet TAKEDOWN: Microsoft Wins Court Approval To Topple Botnet Army

Yahoo! News | Thu Feb 25, 2:42 Am ET | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Botnet Army, Microsoft Botnet, Botnet, Waledac Botnet, Technology News

Software giant Microsoft Corp has won a U.S. court approval to deactivate a global network of computers that the company accused of spreading spam and...

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Microsoft To Deactivate Botnet Army

foxnews.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Botnet Army, Microsoft Botnet, Microsoft Botnet Army, Botnet, Technology News

Microsoft has won a court order to deactivate a "botnet," an army of tens of thousands of PCs around the globe infected with malicious code that allow...

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Kneber Botnet Virus Breaches 75,000 Computers: STUDY

Yahoo! News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kneber Botnet, New Computer Virus, Kneber Virus, Botnet, Virus Breach, Kneber Botnet Virus, Technology News

A new type of computer virus is known to have breached almost 75,000 computers in 2,500 organizations around the world, including user accounts of pop...

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Where Is Obama's Cyberczar?

James D. Zirin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cyber Attack, Denialof Service Attack, Malware, Botnet, Facebook Twitter, James Zirin, Cyber Czar, Cyberwar, Cyber Security, Politics News
James D. Zirin

Why hasn't the president appointed a cyber czar to monitor and secure the electronic highway from attack? His staff said he is looking for just the right person, and that takes time.

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From The Pentagon To Monty Python: The Internet Turns 40

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Soviets, World Wide Web, 40th, Pentagon, Mosaic, Bulletin Board, Spam, Net, Netscape, Nuclear, China, Intergalactic Computer Network, Cold War, Britain, Personal Computer, England, Internet, Cern, 40, Malware, Apple, Pc, Russia, Usenet, Russians, Technology, Computer, Gopher, Space Race, Steve Jobs, Www, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Darpa, Lovely Spam, Monty Pythons Flying Circus, Swords Into Plowshares, Botnet, Soviet Union, Birthday, Wonderful Spam, Html, Sputnik, Trojan, Hormel, Arpanet, Spiced Ham, Ucla, Chris Weigant, Virus, Spam Spam Spam Spam, Apple II, Hypertext, Steve Wozniak, World War II, Monty Python, Worm, Happy 40th Birthday Internet, Compuserve, Lan, Milnet, Technology News
Chris Weigant

Technology has grown by such leaps and bounds since 1969 that it's hard to conceive how things were before we all had access to computers.

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