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The Storm Worm botnet is just a fraction of its original size, but malware remains on the rise, according to one email security firm. Some 250,000 computer users, who likely never knew their machines had been seeded with the notorious Storm Worm virus, received confirmation this week when a pop-up stock spam message appeared on their desktops. Market for hijacked PCs fuels online crime. Day-to-day worries about spyware and bots are the No. 1 security concern of IT professionals working for the agencies of the federal government, according to a study released today by Cisco Systems. Spammers have developed automated techniques to create fake pages on Google's Blogger service that are used to hawk typical junk mail merchandise. A worm, exploiting the emergency Microsoft patch, turns infected computers into bots that can launch DDoS attacks. The automatic update features in many software applications are proving to be vulnerable to attack. Hackers are taking notice. You should, too. Google is the search engine of choice for both consumers and hackers, according to infosec experts. A recent reduction in Yahoo and Hotmail spam has been caused by scientists. The stakes were high when scores of researchers and investigators met Thursday for the twice-annual International Botnet Task Force meeting. While it is unlikely we will ever abolish cybercrime, I do believe that we can make the internet a safer place. Spammers have developed bots that are capable of signing up and creating random accounts on Microsoft's Windows Live Mail service, according to security researchers at Websense. The president's signature is the only thing standing in the way of a rare event: an IT-security related bill becoming law. Mega-D, set off a firestorm of speculation, recently. What family of malware was behind this previously unknown botnet? How had it emerged to challenge Storm with hardly a mention in any research articles or press? Hackers are using SQL injection attacks to infect websites with updates on the Olympics. A major job site is the latest phishing attack target. According to a McAfee Avert Labs blog, Monster.com was made to seem the source of phishing emails.
Akamai highlights global web threat The insidious Kraken botnet has been infiltrated and a way found to shut it down remotely. A project funded by the Department of Homeland Security promises to give security researchers a new way to kill botnets and targeted malware attacks before they infect computers. The new year is supposed to signal a fresh start for us all, but web threats will continue to reign in 2008, wreaking havoc just as they did this year