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InternetNews January 15, 2009 Richard Adhikari	The Web's Latest Threat: Smarter 'Zombies' Hacker-controlled PCs are outwitting security software - and are growing in number.
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InternetNews November 17, 2010	Stuxnet, Mobile Threats Top 3Q Malware Report Security software vendor McAfee's 3Q Threats Report takes note of some older malware scams from the past and some new and discouraging new ones.
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InternetNews December 22, 2009 Andy Patrizio	Malware Writers Get Bold, Rent Datacenters Not content with infecting individual PCs, the criminals who run botnets are now setting up shop in legitimate data centers. How?
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InternetNews March 4, 2010	Spanish Authorities Break Up Massive Botnet "Mariposa" gained access to information in more than 13 million PCs worldwide, making it one of the most destructive botnets in history, though authorities say that the operators weren't sophisticated hackers.
National Defense October 2009 Jean & Erwin	Research Detects Spamming Attacks Researchers at Microsoft have developed a system to detect botnet attacks on Web email providers
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