Some of these are a month old or thereabout…
- Zeus is some scary stuff. Thanks to a few factors, the ability to spoof legitimate site activity has led to some very powerful malware.
- My second thought when seeing this article is, “How are we so sure the governments don’t get kickbacks?” Given the prevalence of bribery in quite a few nations, I see this as just another avenue for governmental exploitation and corruption. Yeah, I don’t see the Germans doing this, but some mid-level bureaucrat in Costa Rica or Laos? Oh, definitely.
- This happens to me at work: I receive confidential information via e-mail because somebody wasn’t thinking. I get angry when it happens.
- Some pretty decent advice, though the question is, of the set of people who are not already following this, how many will now?
- Botnet down! Botnet down!