Ken Dunham
Ken Dunham
They're bloodsucking mosquitoes. You just can't get them all.
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You should boot from a clean disk before removing a virus. Some viruses can't be cleaned any other way.
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Anti-virus companies when they get a sample need to act on that quickly. They don't have time in their competitive environment to be able to go out and coordinate and have a nice little talk about naming.
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A new, upgraded WMF exploit was posted to the public today and is highly functional.
proven social threat type worm written
This is a social engineering worm written in Russian. It is interesting when you look at it. This is a Java-based type of threat and it has been proven to be successful. We need to look at this and see what is going to be the threat down the road.
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This is not something I would expect to yield very high profits for criminals as compared to other types of financial fraud and extortion that might take place. Many people have backups of their files, and now the code has been cracked.
attacks concerned targeted threats trend
This is one of those big, under-the-radar threats that we've been concerned about. There has been a trend away from big-bang attacks to very targeted and sophisticated attacks that take place right under your nose. This is one of them.
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This could serve as a springboard for more attacks on the Macintosh because it might spawn copycats.
identified increases likelihood widespread
This increases the likelihood of exploitation, but widespread exploitation has not been identified to date.
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It actually appears to be a pretty good design.
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Historically, risk is much higher with Windows operating systems than Unix/Linux. How can I say that, look at all the major attacks. Which ones had the greatest likelihood and impact for 2005? Windows hands down.
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Pay for one commercial package and add one or more free programs. Set the primary package to scan all the time and use the second ary programs only when you need them, so they don't conflict. It's like getting a second opinion from a doctor.
crossover global increased premature starts talk
If someone starts capitalizing on the crossover worm, and we start to see increased activity, then we can talk about a global threat. It's a little premature at this time.
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Slowly evolving threats like Grew.A often lead to increased fear, uncertainty and doubt without the help of an intelligence provider. It makes it almost impossible for some to get qualified research data on a worm when there is so much misinformation, aliases, and other data available on the Internet.