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Home-based zombies haunt the enterprise

By: Mari-Len De Guzman On: 12 Oct 2006 For: ComputerWorld Canada Creator

Hijacked computers can be used to launch denial-of-service (DoS) attacks against enterprise networks, and often, the easiest unwitting accomplices are the less-secure home systems, according to the latest global Internet Security Threat Report.

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Home users were the greatest targets for computer security attacks during the first six months of 2006. Are enterprise systems off the hook, then, in the eyes of malicious attackers? Not quite.

Hijacked computers can be used to launch denial-of-service (DoS) attacks against enterprise networks, and often, the easiest unwitting accomplices are the less-secure home systems, according to the latest global Internet Security Threat Report issued by Symantec Corp.

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Mari-Len De Guzman is a contributor to the International Data Group (IDG) News Service, which publishes global technology stories from bureaus around the world to more than 300 publications in more than 60 countries.

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