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Security Attacks Increasingly Motivated By Greed

earthstar writes "E-commerce has emerged as the "single most targeted industry" according to the latest Internet Security Threat Report from security software provider Symantec, with hackers now appearing to be motivated by economic gain rather than notoriety. "We're seeing an increase in profit-motivated attacks," says Vincent Weafer, senior director of Symantec's virus research team. Also in Information week"

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  1. Texas style accounting soon to come by WindBourne · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It sounds like Texas style accounting has come to hacking. Any thing goes.

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