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Opinion: Malware vs. anti-malware, 20 years into the fray
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| In response, the security vendors come up with anti-malware programs, and
| we're locked into a seemingly endless battle between crackers and the
| defenders for the safety of our networks, our computers and our personal
| information. At the moment, it appears the bad guys are winning. There's more
| malware than ever before.
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http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9082058
Malware outbreak blamed on file-swapped MP3s, MPEGs
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| McAfee Avert Labs reported on Tuesday that more than 500,000 detections of a
| Trojan horse masquerading as a media file have been found on computers since
| Friday on services like Limewire and eDonkey.
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9937818-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
More reason to stay away from proprietary media players, operating systems, and
formats.
DHS grilled over uber secret cybersecurity plans
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| The US Department of Homeland Security cybersecurity initiative may be
| unnecessarily shrouded in secrecy and too reliant on contractors, according
| to a Senate panel.
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| The concerns are so basic that the panel also included questions asking what,
| exactly, is the role of program and why a determination was even made to
| start it. The program was unveiled in January as the National Cyber Security
| Center (NCSC).
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/06/dhs_cybersecurity_concerns/
Recent:
The Dirty Secret Behind 1,000,000 Viruses
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| But there's something missing in this paragraph – and, indeed, in the whole
| story: it's the word “Windows”. This is the dirty secret behind viruses: they
| are overwhelmingly found on Windows systems. The huge, global cost of viruses
| is just one of the hidden extra fees that we all, collectively, must pay when
| others use Microsoft Windows. Pity Microsoft doesn't use some of its
| extensive cash holdings to compensate victims of its poor coding.
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| Now, of course, if all the world used GNU/Linux, that wouldn't mean that
| viruses would cease to exist: the focus of malware would shift, and viruses
| would become more common for that system too. But you can bet they'd be far
| harder to write, and that there would be far less than a million.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/blogs/index.cfm?blogid=14&entryid=685
Related:
Online banking fraud 'up 8,000%'
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| The UK has seen an 8,000% increase in fake internet banking scams
| in the past two years, the government's financial watchdog has warned.
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| The Financial Services Authority (FSA) told peers it was "very concerned"
| about the growth in "phishing".
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6177555.stm
Study: Billions of dollars spent on security
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| Large U.S. businesses will spend $61 billion on security by the end
| of this year, representing 7.3 percent of total IT budgets in the
| country, according to a new report from Info-Tech Research Group.
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http://news.com.com/2110-7350_3-6135989.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
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