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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.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.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.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.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.California man pleads guilty to bot attack
May 5, 2006 Attack designed to install adware on compromised computers disrupted critical communications at Seattle hospital.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.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.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 courtZombie 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.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.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.'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.'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.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.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.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.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.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 iRobotPolice 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. Sponsored matches for "bot"
