Vengeful programmer gets two years in prison for botnet attack

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	Vengeful programmer gets two years in prison for botnet attack Putting a finishing punch on what was a nasty online retribution attack, a federal court in New Jersey has sentenced a former programmer to two years in prison, plus three years of supervised release for building a botnet-based virus that infected about 100,000 PCs and attacked a number of media outlets such as Rolling Stone and Radar. The programmer, Bruce Raisley was convicted of launching a malicious... Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Elements of a Proactive Data Security Solution See all the survey results along with more data security resources, including an expert Webcast outlining six vital security steps, in the security KnowledgeVault. Learn more. In this Issue Apple patches Pwn2Own, Comodo hack bugs First Look: Norton 2012 Survey says: You're at risk SCO Unix's long, strange trip, unbelievably, continues Europe moves to give consumers control of online advertising Truste wants to add tracking in IE9? WHITE PAPER: Dell How to Choose a Qualified Security Assessor The selection of a Quality Security Assessor (QSA) will have a long and lasting impact on security and compliance for companies subject to PCI DSS compliance. This paper highlights guidelines for choosing a QSA firm in light of new regulations and refinements of PCI DSS v2.0. Learn more. Apple patches Pwn2Own, Comodo hack bugs Apple today patched bugs in iOS and Safari used at last month's Pwn2Own hacking contest by three teams of researchers who collectively earned $45,000 for their work. Read More First Look: Norton 2012 Looking to bolster its intrusion-prevention capabilities Symantec today announced the beta versions of its 2012 editions of its consumer-focused Windows-based security products, Norton AntiVirus and Norton Internet Security. Read More WHITE PAPER: Sophos Attack of the PDF Documents The PDF standard now supports JavaScript, along with tighter connections into user systems from the Adobe Reader program. This makes it very easy for virus writers to utilize scripting within PDF documents and security holes in the Reader software to load malware code and deliver this code onto computers. Read more Survey says: You're at risk It's survey week here at the Internet home of secure identity -- two different surveys popped into my inbox. Today's results are from a risk management survey given to about 1,250 IT decision-makers at large enterprises. Read More SCO Unix's long, strange trip, unbelievably, continues The story of SCO and Unix gets a little surreal after a while, but news this week that a Utah-based company bought the rights to the company's Unix assets, at least could be a positive for its beleaguered customers. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aerohive A Practical approach to Wireless 2.0 Creating "Wi-Fi that works" is a tall order given the breadth of client and application types, the speed and complexity of 802.11n, high-density environments, etc., controller-based vendors cannot live up to their promises of Ethernet-like determinism. Read now! Europe moves to give consumers control of online advertising More companies that advertise on the Internet in Europe will give consumers the option to turn off advertisements that collect data on their audiences ahead of European Union regulations soon to come into effect. Read More Truste wants to add tracking in IE9? Truste, a company focused on protecting online privacy and security, is defending itself against complaints from a privacy group about its role in the creation of a Tracking Protection List (TPL) for users of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 Web browser. Read More
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