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Bots, Google Hacks: The Internet 'Storms'

Publication:InternetNewsDate:Jul 18 2006
Reporter:Sean Michael Kerner

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Windows, Linux or Mac -- does operating system or platform matter to hackers? Not necessarily, according to research from Fortify Software, an application security provider.

In a new report, the firm said hackers aren't necessarily targeting operating systems but rather applications themselves, a scenario that Fortify describes as bot "storms" in which applications are targeted.




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