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McAfee Suspects Sophisticated Indulge at Cybercriminals’ Demeanor

According to McAfee’s third quarter security threats report (Q3-2011), revealed by Intel-owned security technology firm, cybercriminals seems to change their tactics of circulating malware for avoiding law enforcement, reports v3.co.uk on November 21, 2011. Commenting on the findings, Toralv Dirro, Security Strategist at McAfee Labs EMEA (Europe Middle East and Africa) said that as a result of a sudden augment of virus indulgence, large botnets are being shut down and operators are being driven to concentrate more on smaller and localized networks, highlights v3.co.uk on November 21, 2011. While explaining the matter, Dirro claimed that law enforcement becomes more interesting when the botnet is bigger

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McAfee Suspects Sophisticated Indulge at Cybercriminals’ Demeanor

DoS attack rocks Palestine, cuts phones, internet

Large denial of service attacks have rocked Palestinian severing internet service to the West Bank and Gaza. The Palestinian Communications Minister Mashur Abu Daqqa told reporters the attacks originated from locations “all over the world … using mirror servers.” Up to a million packets a second had hit Palestine’s incumbent telephone company PalTel, local media said

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