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DOJ gets court permission to attack botnet – PC Advisor

The US Department of Justice and US Federal Bureau of Investigation have obtained a temporary restraining order allowing them to disrupt a computer virus that created an international botnet controlling more than 2.3 million computers as of early 2010.
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New phishing scam ‘can beat Chrome and Firefox’ – PC Advisor

A new phishing scam that targets bank and PayPal passwords and other consumer data that criminals use to loot private accounts is designed to beat security built into Firefox and Chrome web browsers . As part of their security packages, these browsers …
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3.7 billion phishing emails were sent in the last 12 months – PC Advisor

Cybercriminals sent 3.7 billion phishing emails over the last year, in a bid to steal money from unsuspecting web users, says CPP . Research by the life assistance company revealed that 55 percent of phishing scams are …
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