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Two Moroccan hackers have been jailed for creating and distributing the Zotob worm that squirmed through Windows 2000 networks in August 2005. According to law enforcement authorities, the online names of both men were found in messages buried in early versions of Zotob and frequently...
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A new Trojan horse is so good at hiding itself that some security researchers claim a new chapter has begun in their battle against malicious-code authors. The new pest, dubbed "Rustock" by Symantec and "Mailbot.AZ" by F-Secure, uses "rootkit" techniques crafted to avoid the detection...
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Instant messaging, the quicker-than-e-mail alternative for online communication, is moving rapidly from teenagers' bedrooms to mainstream America. Last month, the number of instant messages containing computer "malware" soared by 500 percent from the previous month, according to one Internet security company. In the first quarter...
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