| Experts Rethink the Net as Security, Privacy Threats Rise | |||
| Posted by: Jordi on Thursday, February 19, 2009 - 11:49 AM | |||
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Conficker remains a ticking time bomb. It now has the power to lash together those infected computers into a vast supercomputer called a botnet that can be controlled clandestinely by its creators. What comes next remains a puzzle. Conficker could be used as the world's most powerful spam engine, or to shut off entire sections of the Web. | ||
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