Researchers: Windows Update Should Be Redesigned
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| Using off-the-shelf tools, hackers could craft exploits for software
| vulnerabilities in as little as 30 seconds after studying a vendor's patch,
| according to a recently published research paper.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/145050/researchers_windows_update_should_be_redesigned.html
That, among other things, might explain 320,000,000 Windows zombie PCs.
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Bots rule in cyberspace
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| USA TODAY REPORTS that on an average day, 40 per cent of the 800 million
| computers connected to the Internet are bots used to send out spam, viruses
| and to mine for sensitive personal data.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/17/bots-rule-cyberspace
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2008-03-16-computer-botnets_N.htm
Botnets Running Rampant
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| How much money is being stolen by cybercriminals? No one knows, and no one
| even knows how to go about coming up with that number, IronPort's Peterson
| said.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/144489/botnets_running_rampant.html
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