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Computerworld Networking
April 23, 2009
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In this issue:
1. Researchers turn Conficker's own P2P protocol against itself
2. One bot-infected PC = 600,000 spam messages a day
3. EarthLink suffers Earth Day crash
4. Palm Centro breaks ex-iPhone user out of jail
5. Cloud computing a 'security nightmare,' says Cisco CEO
6. Click fraud rate dropped in Q1
7. Hathaway advocates for direct White House role on cybersecurity
8. Pay-as-you-go services could cut software piracy, Microsoft exec says
9. Obama administration said to consider military cybercommand
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1. Researchers turn Conficker's own P2P protocol against itself
Security researchers have updated a free tool that sniffs out the Conficker worm
on infected PCs by using the same peer-to-peer protocol the malware uses to
communicate with its hacker masters.
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2. One bot-infected PC = 600,000 spam messages a day
Some bot-infected PCs can crank out as many as 25,000 spam messages per hour,
according to new research from a security firm.
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3. EarthLink suffers Earth Day crash
ISP EarthLink was hit with a major outage, with EarthLink users unable to access
their e-mail or any Web pages hosted by the company.
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4. Palm Centro breaks ex-iPhone user out of jail
The iPhone bandwagon is now more like a cruise ship: AT&T reported Wednesday
that 1.6 million people signed up for iPhone service in the first quarter. As an
ex-iPhone user, I wish them luck, but I'm not going back anytime soon.
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5. Cloud computing a 'security nightmare,' says Cisco CEO
If anyone has the right to be excited about cloud computing, it's John Chambers.
But on Wednesday Cisco Systems' Chairman and CEO conceded that the computing
industry's move to sell pay-as-you-go computing cycles available as a service on
the Internet was also "a security nightmare."
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6. Click fraud rate dropped in Q1
Click fraud, a scam based on the highly profitable search advertising business,
dipped in the first quarter after hitting an all-time high in the last three
months of 2008.
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7. Hathaway advocates for direct White House role on cybersecurity
President Obama's acting senior director for cyberspace called for a more direct
White House role in coordinating national cybersecurity efforts.
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8. Pay-as-you-go services could cut software piracy, Microsoft exec says
Craig Mundie, who heads Microsoft's research operations, said in China that the
vendor may be able to reduce its losses from software piracy by expanding use of
pay-as-you-go computing plans.
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9. Obama administration said to consider military cybercommand
The Obama administration is considering a new military cybercommand to protect
Defense Department networks and develop offensive cyberwarfare capabilities,
according to The Wall Street Journal.
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