Fergie's Tech Blog

Spyware firms targeting children

In addition to this story, it's worth mentioning that DShield.org keeps a running clock of just how long it takes to compromise a(n) (unpatched) system (out-of-the-box), when it first gets connected to the Internet. I highly recommend participating in DShield (the more particpation, the better), so give the site a visit and cruise the various web pages they have there, especially the pages on how to particpate, and the daily incident handler's diary pages. - ferg

Bob Sullivan writes over on MSNBC that:

Earlier this year, researchers at Symantec Corp. wanted to see just how bad the spyware epidemic had become. So they took a brand new PC out of the box, connected it to the Internet without any standard protection software and browsed. An hour later, they dissected the machine.

posted by Fergie @ 5/05/2005 04:04:00 PM