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Zombie computer: part of a botnet

A zombie is the name given to computers that have been infected by viruses that allow spammers and hackers to use it to distribute unsolicited email (spam), worms or viruses to other computers. Computers become a Zombie when the user open an infected email, or click on a link to an unreliable website or use some infected software.

Mobile Phone Security

What you can do to make your mobile phone more secure
There are several steps you can take to make your mobile phone more secure,including using your phone's security features.These features may stop people making unauthorised calls using your mobile phone.
 

Cyberattack on Google Said to Hit Password System

Ever since Google disclosed in January that Internet intruders had stolen information from its computers, the exact nature and extent of the theft has been a closely guarded company secret. But a person with direct knowledge of the investigation now says that the losses included one of Google’s crown jewels, a password system that controls access by millions of users worldwide to almost all of the company’s Web services, including e-mail and business applications.

Hacking Gets Even Easier With DIY Malware Kits

As if phishing scams and identity thefts didn't already make the Internet unappetizing, hackers are apparently getting still more industrious in ways that leave us feeling queasy. According to The New Scientist, we now have to worry about "a burgeoning cyber-crime industry, one which lets people with next to no programming skills steal a fortune in cash or get hold of sensitive government documents." Whoa, nelly! Do you mean to tell us that our freedom-loving Grandpa Joe can simply buy a hacker's kit and infiltrate the IRS mainframe?

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