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...of malware used increasingly by criminals to obtain huge quantities of sensitive information from thousands of compromised computers around the world. The arrests represent a considerable breakthrough in our increasing efforts to combat online... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/18/239308/Man-and-woman-arrested-in-ZeuS-Trojan-investigation.htm
...possible liability arising under the law of negligence in the event that your actions caused harm to any of the compromised computers around the world? 6. Did you consider whether your public service announcement placed on compromised machines... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/editors-blog/2009/03/15-questions-that-the-bbc-shou.html
...cause damage to computers around the world. It is reported that Neto controlled a botnet of 100,000 remote compromised computers, and leased access to third parties for 25,000 euros (£20,500). These zombie PCs could then be used... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/08/26/231977/brazilian-charged-for-leasing-out-pc-botnet-to-attackers.htm
...with respect to unauthorised access to computers located in the UK. As a mundane example, if any of these compromised computers were in California the Click team could face prosecution for violation of California criminal law. While the... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/03/17/235291/bbcs-click-botnet-special-was-irresponsible-and-illegal.htm
...seen wide-spread exploitation of this issue, but there have been reports of a certain file being downloaded on compromised computers. This file copies another piece of malicious code onto the compromised computer. Symantec has identified... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/10/24/232828/symantec-advisers-windows-users-to-patch.htm
...that was selling control of batches of 1,000 compromised computers for as little as £30 to £70. The cybercriminals...centre. UK government computers were among the compromised computers in 77 government-owned domains, the researchers... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/04/22/235720/security-researchers-uncover-massive-fast-growing-botnet.htm
...method. Secunia rated the flaw highly critical because successful attackers can run malicious code on compromised computers. The firm recommended users update to Yahoo Widgets version 4.0.5. In its security advisory, Yahoo said... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/07/31/225912/security-update-fixes-yahoo-widgets-flaw.htm
...Bobbear came under fire from a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack using compromised computers around the world. The botnet of compromised computers was bombarding the website with traffic, effectively blasting it off the internet... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/11/18/233436/cybercriminals-fight-back-with-dos-attack-on-anti-money-laundering-website.htm
...sophisticated. Like the rest of the technology industry, hackers have embraced convergence. Spam is now often sent from compromised computers, known as botnets, which are used for extortion attacks, but are created by malware made by hackers. An... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/07/13/225537/hacking-poses-threats-to-business.htm
...Charles Southey, chief information officer at Sophos. "Many web threats are designed to steal data from compromised computers, and data leakage, either malicious or accidental, is likely to become an ever-larger concern, especially... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/01/20/234316/Security-trends-for-2009.htm

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...hackers, spam Is latest can of worms a cyber-crime turf war? A botnet of about 5,500 "zombies", or compromised computers, typically costs spammers, phishers or other crooks about $350 per week, security company Symantec has said... http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60600723p,00.htm
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