Compromised legit sites power hack attacks
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| In 2007, Symantec detected 711,912 new threats compared to 125,243 in 2006 –
| a greater than five-fold increase.
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/04/08/symantec_threat_report/
Cyber risk 'equals 9/11 impact'
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| The US homeland security chief has made a heartfelt plea to Silicon Valley
| workers to stand up and be counted in the fight to secure the cyber highway.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7335930.stm
OS Smackdown: Linux vs. Mac OS X vs. Vista vs. XP
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| In the recent "Pwn 2 Own" hacker challenge, computers running Mac OS X and
| Windows Vista were cracked, but the Linux machine wasn't. I won't claim that
| Linux has no security or virus problems, but they tend to be right out in the
| open where you can see them if you look. At the moment, there are far fewer
| Linux viruses out in the wild than Windows viruses, and there are fairly
| bullet-proof ways to detect viruses under Linux using checksums on files.
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http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;849217596;fp;4;fpid;782452
>From the same one:
OS Smackdown: Linux vs. Mac OS X vs. Windows Vista vs. Windows XP
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| P.S. As of reading the article the poll stood at:
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| * Linux 34%
| * Mac OS X Leopard 35%
| * Windows Vista 10%
| * Windows XP 18%
| * Other: 3%
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http://blog.linuxoss.com/2008/04/09/os-smackdown-linux-vs-mac-os-x-vs-windows-vista-vs-windows-xp/
Recent:
Bots rule in cyberspace
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| USA TODAY REPORTS that on an average day, 40 per cent of the 800 million
| computers connected to the Internet are bots used to send out spam, viruses
| and to mine for sensitive personal data.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/17/bots-rule-cyberspace
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2008-03-16-computer-botnets_N.htm
Related:
Why Windows is less secure than Linux
http://blogs.zdnet.com/threatchaos/?p=311
Microsoft Windows: Insecure by Design
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A34978-2003Aug23?language=printer
If Only We Knew Then What We Know Now About Windows XP
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/23/AR2006092300510.html?nav=rss_technology
Why Windows is a security nightmare.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/21/1085120110704.html
The Structural Failures of Windows
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=15305
Linux Security: A Big Edge Over Windows
http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/54742.html
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