Tag: antivirus
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Conficker still around?
The hype surrounding Conficker just seems to be increasing and the latest variant ( C ) apparently has some interesting capabilities such as disabling security software ( AV, firewalls, etc. ), killing processes for running security apps and p2p networking to spread infection. The worm exploits a vulnerability in the Windows Server service that is…
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The BBC’s botnet
It appears that the BBC has decided to become a hacking company – they recently obtained a botnet of around 22000 machines from an underground forum and demonstrated ( as part of a special investigation ) how to use these machines to send spam to some predefined email addresses they had created. UK law (…
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Windows for War – scary stuff
A number of military organisations around the world have started using Windows 2000 as a platform for operational systems within navies, the army, air services and other war branches. But recently there has been quite a bit of consternation concerning the use Windows in UK naval vessels as well as French fighter planes. I’m the…
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Spam increasing again
Apparently it’s increasing to close to pre-McColo ( one of the major sources of spam last year which was clsoed down ) levels. Levels are now at 74.6% which means that every 3 in 4 emails are spam. The Mega-D (Ozdoc) botnet is making the largest single contribution to junk mail levels, sending more than…