Homeland Security: Fix your Windows
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| In a rare alert, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has urged
| Windows users to plug a potential worm hole in the Microsoft
| operating system.
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| "Users are encouraged to avoid delay in applying this security patch,"
| the Department of Homeland Security said in the statement. The patchf
| ixes a serious flaw that, if exploited, could enable an attacker to
| remotely take complete control of an affected system, the agency said.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6103805.html
More SPAM, more DDOS attacks, more intrusion to data and identity theft. In
yesterday's news:
US lost $8 billion to computer crime
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| Consumer reports' latest "State of the Net" survey has revealed that
| US punters lost more than $8 billion over the last two years to
| viruses, spyware and con tricks.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33554
And that's the US alone...
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