Robert Lemos

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Entries from November 2006

COLUMN: Hacking for Dollars

November 29th, 2006 · No Comments

Viruses and worms are so last-decade. Today’s PC users have to worry more about online burglary than stolen bandwidth.
PC Magazine

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Tags: Column · Consumer Tech · Cybercrime · PC Magazine · Security · Viruses and worms

Bot spreads through antivirus, Windows flaws

November 28th, 2006 · No Comments

University campuses are dealing with a spate of infections caused by a bot program that compromises computers running unpatched versions of Windows and an older version of Symantec’s antivirus software.
SecurityFocus

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Tags: Consumer Tech · Cybercrime · Flaws and vulnerabilities · Security · SecurityFocus · Viruses and worms

Trojan horse lesson not learned (humor)

November 27th, 2006 · No Comments

As I was scanning for news today, I came across this. I think it answers the question of whether people learn from history.

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Tags: Blog · Flaws and vulnerabilities · Humor · Security

Viruses go virtual

November 22nd, 2006 · No Comments

Online worlds–from Second Life to the World of Warcraft–pave the way to a virtual future, replete with tailored viruses and digital diseases.
SecurityFocus

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Tags: Consumer Tech · Security · SecurityFocus · Virtual worlds · Viruses and worms

COLUMN: Browser Bashing

November 15th, 2006 · No Comments

With online miscreants attacking Internet Explorer and Firefox, you need to take steps to protect your browser.
PC Magazine

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Tags: Column · Consumer Tech · Flaws and vulnerabilities · PC Magazine · Research · Security

Malware goes to the movies

November 15th, 2006 · No Comments

Online attackers start to experiment with embedding malicious code or links to such code in video files.
SecurityFocus

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Tags: Consumer Tech · Cybercrime · Security · SecurityFocus · Viruses and worms

E-voting worries focus on failures, not fraud

November 10th, 2006 · No Comments

No obvious election fraud tainted the midterm elections, but e-voting machine critics stress that Election Day failures should raise a red flag.
SecurityFocus

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Tags: E-Voting · Flaws and vulnerabilities · Security · SecurityFocus

Attackers end-run around IE security

November 7th, 2006 · No Comments

Microsoft shored up the security of its flagship browser with the latest release, but the software still lets through attacks on ActiveX flaws in other components of Windows.
SecurityFocus

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Tags: Consumer Tech · Flaws and vulnerabilities · Security · SecurityFocus

COLUMN: Watching the Watchmen

November 1st, 2006 · No Comments

Most companies monitor their employees in some way, but is corporate Big Brother going too far?
PC Magazine

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Tags: Column · Consumer Tech · PC Magazine · Privacy · Security