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Iran has been targeted by a second computer virus in a "cyber war" waged by its enemies, its commander of civil defense said on Monday.

Password-protect your wireless router, or risk falling victim to villains

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Lying on his family room floor with assault weapons trained on him, shouts of "pedophile!" and "pornographer!" stinging like his fresh cuts and bruises, the Buffalo homeowner didn't need long to figure out the reason for the early morning wake-up call from a swarm of federal agents.

That new wireless router. He'd gotten fed up trying to set a password. Someone must have used his Internet connection, he thought.

Pesquisa revela que três servidores estão sendo utilizados na disseminação desse ataque, que gerou 63 sites falsos, com terminações .br, .com e .gov.br.

Ação teve ajuda da Microsoft, que fechou brecha no sistema Windows; Justiça abriu processo contra 13 acusados e obteve mandados para 29 domínios.

A botnet Coreflood finalmente saiu do ar. O FBI usou manobras audaciosas para derrubá-la – e, por consequência, reduzir o volume de spam que polui sua caixa postal e fazer da Internet um ambiente mais seguro.