by Alex Eckelberry | Jan 21, 2007 | Uncategorized
This “storm worm”, as it’s being referred to colloquially, is quite nasty and there is activity out there on this one. Also, F-Secure has reported that it’s started using rootkit technology.Using email as an infection vector, it uses current...
by Alex Eckelberry | Jan 20, 2007 | Uncategorized
Last Wednesday, I was on the national Computer America radio show discussing the Julie Amero case. Some of you asked for the podcast, and there is one available, but it’s full of commercials. I received gracious permissions from the show to edit it down a bit, and you...
by Alex Eckelberry | Jan 20, 2007 | Uncategorized
The local paper in Norwich has published my opinion piece on the Amero case.When I first read of the case, my reaction was how illogical it all sounded: A middle-aged, substitute female teacher accessing porn on a classroom computer, in front of her students on one...
by Alex Eckelberry | Jan 20, 2007 | Uncategorized
Great blog post.The teacher’s unions and every self-respecting citizen in this country should petition that this verdict be thrown out and that the school administrators who failed to help her turn off the computer be fired. If the judge in this case was...
by Alex Eckelberry | Jan 19, 2007 | Uncategorized
From Francesco, in our spyware research team:Here’s a screenshot from one of the sites from the “Ricercadoppia/Lowzones” spammers/hidden dialers installers.Coprocefalo literally means “sh*t” (copro) “head” (cefalo) and “zombie maker”. Iit’s...
