InfoWorld’s Roger Grimes Computer Crime Gets Worse, Patching is still Trouble
-The article about Computer Crime is truly revealing about 2009 and beyond.
Roger also wrote a great article about home PC security.
NetworkWorld’s Andreas M. Antonopoulos On botnets, encryption and mega-worms
Interesting point about the escalated need for security while budgets are shrinking.
PC World’s JR Raphael The State of Spam This story is awesome. I have to quote it.
The Spam Equation
Many of the anti-spam precautions seem obvious — but, obviously, everyone isn’t taking them. The good news? The number of people still gullible is small. A recent University of California study (PDF) suggests only one in every 12.5 million spam messages gets a response.
The bad news? That tiny percentage is enough to generate $7,000 a day, or $3.5 million a year, for a decent-sized spam network, the study says. What’s more, the activity could add as many as 8,500 new bots into the spam network every 24 hours.
That is 8500 computers taken over every 24 hours without the computer owners knowledge. Scary.
Is your computer one of them? We hope the information and steps on this page help you find the answer.