Cyber Security Bill Targets Botnets

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via PC World.

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A tech trade group and a leading cybersecurity vendor applauded new
legislation introduced in the U.S. Congress that would broaden penalties
for cybercrime, including first-time penalties for botnet attacks.

The Cyber Security Enhancement Act, introduced Monday, would create for the
first time criminal penalties for botnet attacks often used to aid identity
theft, denial-of-service attacks and the spread of spam and spyware.
Botnets are groups of compromised computers that hackers can control
remotely.

The bill, introduced by Representatives Adam Schiff, a California Democrat,
and Steve Chabot, an Ohio Republican, would also allow prosecutors to
pursue racketeering charges against cybercriminal groups, would expand
sentencing guidelines for cybercrime by allowing the forfeiture of property
used to commit the crime, and would add US$30 million a year to the budgets
of federal agencies fighting cybercrime.

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More:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,131844-pg,1/article.html

- - ferg

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