Attack of the Zombie Computers Is Growing Threat
Attack of the Zombie Computers Is Growing Threat
New York Times - It could be used for other types of malware as well, said Joe Stewart, a researcher at SecureWorks, an Atlanta-based computer security firm. It s just a payload delivery system with extra stealth. Last month Mr. Stewart tracked trading
Computer Security: Adapt or Die
Computerworld - But more recently, hackers have deliberately slowed the spread of their malware so it will pass under the radar of conventional detectors. The era of massive, highly visible worm attacks has largely passed, says Richard Ford, a computer science
Backspin: 2007: The year of being outraged?
Australian PC World - We also knew hackers had created malware that could exploit the naive and poorly written Sony rootkit code. Sony had made a huge problem for us. The obvious conclusion was that the Sony DRM fiasco was extremely serious - more so than most people
Tech Clinic Expert Q & A June 2006: Recording Satellite Radio
Popular Mechanics - who do run the application will allow the worm to rifle through their iChat contacts and send copies of itself to friends and business associates, but each of those friends and associates must in turn make the same series of decisions for the malware