Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 23rd Jan 2006 19:14 UTC
While the most high-profile security vulnerability of late was almost certainly the WMF hole recently patched by Microsoft, in terms of actual numbers of infections it was barely a blip on the radar. According to the anti-virus company F-Secure, one of the most populous and dangerous infections today is not some sophisticated bit of code exploiting a new and exotic security hole, but an old-school e-mail worm written in Visual Basic that spreads by tempting users with free pornography.
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2006-01-24
You will spend February 3rd:
[ ] Answering frantic phone calls
[X] Huddled in the corner with phone unplugged