A daily survey of the latest cybercrime news from around the world.
IDG.net: How to Not Recover from Getting Hacked 02-Jan-02 08:23:19 ET
Story Highlights:“It’s a Fox Television special waiting to be made: When hackers attack…”
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“There’s blame and blunder, sensationalism and surprise, and a theme song whose sinister refrain reminds you that no onenot you, not your competitorreally knows the best way to respond to an information security breach…”
The Register: E-mail Worm Eats Security Software 02-Jan-02 07:56:21 ET
Story Highlights:“Computer users returning after the New Year break are in danger from the latest mass mailing e-mail worms…”
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“The ZaCker (or Maldal.D) worm can delete antivirus software protection and a variety of critical system files from the PCs of unwary users…”
ABCNews: Computer Viruses, Worms Cost PC Users Billions in 2001 31-Dec-01 21:25:30 ET
Story Highlights:“The year 2001 was huge for viruses…”
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“By December, corporations alone had spent an estimated $12.3 billion to clean up damage caused by malicious computer worms and viruses…”
Internet.com: TruSecure Official Makes Bad Bug Bet 02-Jan-02 10:53:02 ET
Story Highlights:“TruSecure Corp.’s director of malicious code research, Roger Thompson, says to expect 2002 to be as buggy as 2001…”
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“Thompson’s predictions for information security incidences for early 2002 include…”
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