__/ [ John Locke ] on Saturday 17 March 2007 17:31 \__
>>Microsoft security guru wants Vista bugs rated less serious
>
> That would be just fine and dandy...except in this case its a bee
> swarm...and a lot of people are getting stung.
It is pretty precious when they blame the police for the outcome of their own
making.
Botnet 'pandemic' threatens to strangle the net
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| [Vinton] Cerf estimated that between 100 million and 150 million of the
| 600 million PCs on the internet are under the control of hackers,
| the BBC reports.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/26/botnet_threat/
Then this (notice the fact that both articles were published on the same
day):
UK police 'not prioritising cybercrime', Microsoft says
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| Microsoft critics will doubtless be quick to point out how
| insecurities in Microsoft's own software have supplied a
| fertile breeding ground for virus writers and hackers.
| Naturally enough, Microsoft prefers to emphasise the
| security improvements brought by Windows XP SP2 and Vista.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/26/uk_cybercrime_criticism/
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