__/ [ Peter Köhlmann ] on Wednesday 31 January 2007 21:30 \__
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<http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/security_response/weblog/2007/01/multiple_organizations_targett.html>
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> Now five unpatched word holes. And again with zero-day exploit
They retracted the last 3 patches at the 90th minutes last time (patch
Tuesday). Well, look at the bright side. Someone's happy, but it ain't
people with mailboxes.
Botnet 'pandemic' threatens to strangle the net
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| Cerf estimated that between 100 million and 150 million of the
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| the BBC reports. "Despite all that, the net is still working,
| which is pretty amazing. It's pretty resilient," he said.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/26/botnet_threat/
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