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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

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, McAfee Inc., malware, malicious code, denial of service, bot, researcher, security, trojan horse, server

Tool turns unsuspecting surfers into hacking help

March 21, 2007 With Jikto, JavaScript on a Web site can turn PCs into a bug-hunting tool, thus doing a hacker's dirty work. TAGS: Web security, JavaScript, Web surfer, attacker, hacking, SQL injection, hacker, creator, XSS, Web application, flaw, bot, vulnerability, SQL, researcher, security

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