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Cybercriminals Go Head-to-Head


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Virtual Turf Wars - Cybercriminals Go Head-to-Head
Cybercriminals Go Head-to-Head
Published: May 10, 07
Comments: 1
Views: 2,911

Virus perpetrators and malware authors are engaged in a fullscale battle and hapless websurfers are being caught in the crossfire. These cybercriminals are in a race to create armies of networked PCS to propagate their malware in mass proportions. Botnets are being generated and sold at alarming rates to cyber gangs who are using them to infiltrate machines and destroy previously existing worms present on victim’s computers and thereby gaining control of larger and larger networks.

Malware authors are competing with each other to create large networks of spam-generating computers and innocent surfers worldwide are being caught in the battle, according to security experts... the people behind well-known viruses... are engaged in a fierce war to create an army of 'botnets' - a network of PCs that can be controlled remotely to send unsolicited emails in vast quantities. A botnet can then be sold to criminal and spamming gangs who can use them to send marketing and promotional materials as well as more malware... They are creating new, ever-more sophisticated techniques in order to evade virus filters, infect clean machines and usurp any rival worm already installed on a PC." (webuser)

References:  kaspersky, webuser

Filed In:  bizarre pop culture tech unique








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rocketranger on May 11, 07  0 Trends   2,582 Comments
Wheres the Good Guys IE fighting Al Queeda cybertypes alone. Feds pay good money to combat Cybercrime. FYI.
rocketranger on May 11, 07  0 Trends   2,582 Comments 0


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