Alexandria (ip-192.com): A Virginia court cleared the way for Microsoft to deactivate a global network of computers that spreads spam and harmful computer code, the Wall Street Journal reports. The hacker-controlled “botnet” has 277 dot-com domains. Microsoft apparently aims to sever communications channels to the botnet before its operators can re-establish links to the network. [...]
Cyber Attacks traced to Chinese Schools
February 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
China (ip-192.com): Two Chinese educational institutions, Lanxiang Vocational School, which has links to the Chinese military, and Shanghai Jiaotong University, may have been involved in a series of cyber-attacks on Google, American enterprises, and government agencies. The attacks (ip-192.com reported here and here) may have begun as early as April 2009, the New York Times [...]
Enisa: 95 percent of all email is Spam
January 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Heraklion, Greece (ip-192.com): 95 percent of all email send today is Spam, according to a report published by the European Network and Information Security Agency. “Spam remains an unnecessary, time consuming and costly burden for Europe. Given the number of spam messages observed, I can only conclude more dedicated efforts must be undertaken,” said Executive [...]
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