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Microsoft buys into 'bots'

October 12, 2006 Microsoft is buying Colloquis, a maker of natural language-processing technology used to provide automated customer assistance. TAGS: bot, Microsoft Corp.

AOL IM bot cloaked in encryption

May 1, 2006 Bot has the potential to infect upwards of a few tens of thousands of AIM users, according to the Sans Institute. TAGS: bot, AOL Instant Messenger, encryption, SANS Institute, America Online Inc., Time Warner Inc., P2P, IM, link

Software lets you create cybertwin

April 2, 2007 Start-up MyCyberTwin lets people create and customize a virtual personality that can chat with others while they're offline. TAGS: bot, personality, IM

Zombie tool makes use of Windows, antivirus flaws

November 30, 2006 Bot software that turns PCs into zombies spreads via holes in Symantec and Microsoft products. TAGS: bot, Symantec Corp., flaw, variant, SpyBot, antivirus, adware, Microsoft Corp., security, spyware, PC, Microsoft Windows

New denial-of-service threat emerges

March 16, 2006 Attacks targeted 1,500 IP addresses and delivered a heftier blow than normal DOS threats, VeriSign security chief says. TAGS: VeriSign Inc., denial of service, bot, DNS server, query, victim, DNS, threat, server, attack, IP, IP address, DOS, security

California man pleads guilty to bot attack

May 5, 2006 Attack designed to install adware on compromised computers disrupted critical communications at Seattle hospital. TAGS: bot, Seattle, hospital, California, complaint, adware

China leads Asia in malicious online activity

September 20, 2007 Report finds that China topped the region in the first half of 2007, producing the most malicious code, spam zombies, bots and attacks. TAGS: China, bot, Asia, malicious code, region, spam, activity, Symantec Corp., security

Online threats outpacing law crackdowns

June 15, 2006 Phishing and botnet threats are getting more advanced and show no sign of diminishing, despite efforts by law enforcement. TAGS: bot, phishing, malicious software, presentation, agent, threat, security, PC, Microsoft Corp., e-mail

If you give a bot a basketball...

March 17, 2006 They're hardly Kobe and Shaq, but these robots can fling a Nerf ball--and inspire kids to learn science, too. Photos: Bots hit the court TAGS: bot, robot, science, Palo Alto, California, field, kid, U.S., video

Zombie PCs being sent to steal IDs

March 14, 2005 Botnets, or networks of compromised PCs, are increasingly being used for identity theft and installing spyware, a new report says. TAGS: bot, researcher, identity theft, online game, adware, spyware, security, PC

Alarm growing over bot software

April 30, 2004 Many network administrators fret about the next worm, but security experts warn that a quieter, equally damaging threat is gaining control of large networks of computers. TAGS: AgoBot, bot, security expert, MSBlast worm, Internet Storm Center, Symantec Corp., network administrator, security, variant, worm, Internet security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Zombie builders send out phone texts

June 23, 2006 Hackers are trying a cell phone approach to try to dupe people into downloading a Trojan horse program. TAGS: Websense Inc., bot, hacker, attack, trojan horse, cell phone, monitoring, security

'Zombie' PCs caused Web outage, Akamai says

June 16, 2004 Attackers built a "botnet" of unknowing home PCs to bring down Google and other sites, the company says. TAGS: Akamai Technologies Inc., distributed denial of service, bot, zombie, outage, attack, home PC, attacker, server, Yahoo! Inc., Apple Computer, Google Inc., security, PC, Microsoft Corp.

'Storm worm' exploits YouTube

October 10, 2007 Spammers may have changed tactics, targeting a familiar Web site rather than PCs for the purpose of spreading the trojan. TAGS: YouTube, spammer, Graham Cluley, spam filtering, bot, spam, trojan horse, Google Inc., function, security, e-mail, PC, video

My uncle's quest for a beer-fetching robot

May 29, 2009 A chip engineer's simple dream--to build a robot that can bring him a cold one--turns into a years-long home-brewed robotics project. TAGS: robot, beer, quest, Star Wars, bot

Precision security fighting at Cisco

March 2, 2007 Cisco security maven John Stewart says never mind the OS--Attackers are after the apps, from IM to Office. TAGS: John Stewart, Cisco Systems Inc., bot, attacker, VoIP, radar, organization, security, attack, IM, operating system

Cracking open the cybercrime economy

December 14, 2007 Hacking for fun has evolved into hacking for profit, and created a business model nearly as sophisticated as that of legal software. TAGS: hacking, malware, McAfee Inc., malicious code, denial of service, bot, researcher, security, trojan horse, server

Spam-bot tests flunk the blind

July 2, 2003 Advocates for the visually impaired contend that increasingly popular "visual verification" tests are discriminatory, raising a cloud over the future of a widely used antispam tool. TAGS: VeriSign Inc., human, bot, spam, database, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., e-mail

Build your own bot, courtesy of iRobot

January 8, 2007 Want a robot that picks up your clothes? The maker of Roomba is out with a device that can be programmed to suit consumers' specific needs.Photos: Creating a customized iRobot TAGS: iRobot Corp., robot, iRobot Roomba, bot

Police arrest suspected bot herders

June 27, 2006 Crackdown targets suspected members of a cybercrime gang that used networks of compromised PCs to send out spam. TAGS: Zotob worm, Graham Cluley, security consultant, suspect, Scotland, Finland, bot, computer virus, Sophos Plc., IRC, digital-rights management, London, trojan horse, McAfee Inc., virus, antivirus
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