Crime related to spam, spyware, and other online illegalities is said by some experts to have recently passed international drug trafficking in dollars earned, and malicious hacking that used to be performed for fun is now a big business. Websites once hacked only so the culprit could deface them and show off are now penetrated in order to steal customer data and engage in identity theft. Botnets of more than a million compromised hosts are not unknown, used to send spam, host child pornography, and perform distributed DoS attacks. An underground market for botnets has made the creation of viruses and trojans into a thriving business opportunity for the unscrupulous. Join the linuxsecurity list to keep posted if your not yet :-) http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/121230/49/ Ronny -- ******************************************************************* PGP Fingerprint: 6695 794A B84E D922 88FB 73CC 6CBD 8036 B3CD 7304 We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are ******************************************************************* |
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