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hiromichi
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 Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 4:44 pm Post subject: botnet and rootkit |
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What do these new words mean?
!. Consider the turnover of cybercrime as well as number of software vulnerabilities reported, denial-of-service attacks, botnets, and phishing attempts.
2. A recent eWeek article, for instance, said that more than 20 percent of all malware removed from Windows XP SP2 (Service Pack 2) systems are stealth rootkits. The year 2005 also saw the first commercial rootkit scanners.
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dabro
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| Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 7:34 am Post subject: Re: botnet and rootkit |
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| hiromichi wrote: |
What do these new words mean?
!. Consider the turnover of cybercrime as well as number of software vulnerabilities reported, denial-of-service attacks, botnets, and phishing attempts.
2. A recent eWeek article, for instance, said that more than 20 percent of all malware removed from Windows XP SP2 (Service Pack 2) systems are stealth rootkits. The year 2005 also saw the first commercial rootkit scanners. |
http://www.worldwidewords.org/turnsofphrase/tp-bot1.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rootkit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing
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hiromichi
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David-sensei, Thank you very much.
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