Graham Cluley
Graham Cluley
Graham Cluleyis a British security blogger and the author of grahamcluley.com; a daily blog on the latest computer security news, opinion, and advice...
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This one's not the smartest tool in the box. We've passed the details on and the police are looking into this one.
There have been many more arrests in 2005 and 2004 than in years prior,
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There should be no need for anyone to pay the reward. It looks like this password was deliberately chosen by the author in an attempt to fool analysts into thinking it was a directory path instead.
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There should be no excuse for any data being lost on February 3 by this worm, but there is always the danger that some home users will not have heard that warning.
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Most businesses have been protecting against this for a couple of weeks. Home users who have not updated their software may be at risk if they open unsolicited subject lines.
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Microsoft's credibility will have been damaged by this hack. How can the biggest software company in the world not employ the simple safe-computing practices which could have protected it from this sort of attack?
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I won't be surprised if Europe overtakes North America next month.
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It has obviously taken longer for Microsoft to release a patch for the WMF flaw on the Vista platform than current versions of Windows, but that's because Vista isn't yet released and it was a higher priority to protect the shipping versions of Windows.
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It is certainly something that we thought has been happening for some time. What you are likely to see here over the next few days is the unraveling of an entire identity fraud gang.
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Viruses emerging for the Mac OS X platform is headline news for Apple fans, but they are currently posing far from the level of threat that Windows users face every day. No-one should panic, but this is an indication that hackers are showing an increased interest in targeting the platform.
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Hackers are in a race against time to infect as many computers as possible through the WMF security hole before companies have a chance to put the patch in place. Everyone should apply the patch as soon as possible, and defend their networks with up-to-date anti-virus and anti-spam software.
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Trojans are different from viruses because they can lurk in PCs without anyone noticing and can spy on the computer user's activities then send this information back anywhere in the world.
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When I first entered the antivirus industry, updates were sent out on a 5.25-inch floppy disk. A lot has changed in that time.
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Given more time, Sober.z would have dominated the chart, but its emergence in late November prevented it from taking pole position.