Brazilian charged in U.S. in connection with operating botnet (CNET) CNET - A Brazilian man has been charged in connection with operating a botnet composed of more than 100,000 computers infected with malicious software allegedly designed to send spam, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday. Publ.Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:09:00 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
Defense: Prosecutors bending law for MySpace hoax (AP) AP - A defense attorney for the Missouri woman charged in a MySpace hoax that allegedly led to a 13-year-old girl's suicide argued in court papers that prosecutors are bending a cyber crime statute to prosecute his client. Publ.Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:40:19 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
Attacks on Georgia Web Sites May Not Be 'Cyberwar' (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Security researchers are still trying to work out exactly who is responsible for the cyberwar tactics that have knocked many Georgian government Web sites offline. While Georgian officials blamed Russia, many security experts have pointed the finger at the Russian Business Network (RBN), a shadowy outfit -- that may no longer even exist -- which has previously provided network services for Russian criminal gangs. Publ.Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:22:04 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
PC Tools' Security Software Adds ThreatFire (PC Magazine) PC Magazine - PC Tools said Monday that it had begun shipping the 2009 versions of its security suite and desktop tools. In addition to the expected improvements in detection, both the Internet Security 2009 suite and Spyware Doctor 6 include "Behavior Guard," a fancy name for the ThreatFire behavioral technology PC Tools previously offered as a standalone product. Publ.Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:00:47 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
