Tech Thoughts Daily Security Alerts – April 20, 2009

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Insecurity The Price Of Ubiquity – The mainstream media seems enamored by the ubiquitous Internet, but it’s not doing much to reveal the risks of interconnected computers.

Botnets: Coming To a Social Network Near You

2008 Saw More Records Breached Than The Previous Four Years Combined – Most compromises could have been avoided, Verizon study says.

FBI Spyware Has Been Snaring Extortionists and Hackers For Years – FBI-produced spyware program used in federal investigations into extortion plots, terrorist threats, and hacker attacks in past seven years, newly declassified documents show.

iBotnet: Researchers Find Signs Of Zombie Macs – Symantec researchers find first Mac OS X botnet, which is launching denial-of-service attacks.

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