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[News] [Rival] Microsoft's Security Nightmare (or: "Why There Are 320,000,000 Windows Zombies")

  • Subject: [News] [Rival] Microsoft's Security Nightmare (or: "Why There Are 320,000,000 Windows Zombies")
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:10:44 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Freelance
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
What spooks Microsoft's chief security advisor

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| Speaking at the Boston SecureWorld conference Wednesday, the 19-year 
| Microsoft veteran whose job includes protecting enterprises, developers and 
| Microsoft itself said there actually is plenty of good news on the security 
| front. For example, his outfit scans a half million devices (with customer 
| permission) per month and in the first half of last year saw the first 
| period-over-period decline in new vulnerabilities disclosed across Microsoft 
| and non-Microsoft software since 2003.      
| 
| However, 3,400 new vulnerabilities were discovered and “it’s still a big 
| number,” Arsenault says. “So if vulnerability rates are down, where are 
| they?”  
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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/032608-microsoft-security-concerns.html

Websense Security Labs first to discover vulnerability within Microsoft Office

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| This vulnerability allows code execution within an Excel document without the 
| knowledge of the user. 
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http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/software/2008/0803270807.asp?A=VIR&S=Virus%20Watch&O=FPIN


Recent:

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


Botnet farmers play the international exchange game

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| Selling "installs" is a common practice in the cyber-underworld, the most 
| notable example being in 2005 when Jeanson Ancheta was arrested for building 
| a 400,000-strong botnet and installing adware from 180 solutions for a fee of 
| $60,000.   
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/03/19/botnet_spyware_scam/

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