PCWorld.com – Web of Crime Series

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Watch out! Attacks on personal and business PCs aren’t just being committed by amateurs anymore. You–or your business–may be the next target of a new breed of professional Internet criminals, who now apply underworld tactics to the Web. These cybercrooks use malicious software such as viruses and worms to generate illegal profits. One security expert we interviewed called this type of crime the cocaine trade of the new century.

In this five-part series, we show you the global scope of the problem and how innocent PCs are turned into zombie armies to threaten and extort money from businesses.

We’ll also tell you who is committing these crimes, explain what it could cost your business to beat back such attacks, and discuss how law enforcement is struggling to cope.

In the box below, you’ll find easy links to all articles in this series.
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