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The software you buy to keep you safe actually exposes you to more risk than if you didn't buy it. How ironic.
by electic 10y ago
The software you buy to keep you safe actually exposes you to more risk than if you didn't buy it. How ironic.
- quantumhobbit 10y agoIt was ironic fifteen years ago. Now it is just business as usual,
- wmt 10y agoHow much more? I always imagined that it's more likely for a standard user to open every email attachment and execute it than it is to get targeted by a malicious attacker who knows what software your users are running and writes exploits tailored for them, but I could be wrong.
- djrogers 10y agoNo tailoring required with something like this since it's worm-ready; blast out a ton of emails to seed the worm, then post exploit the worm emails itself to everyone in your address book. It won't take too long before a significant portion of the vulnerable systems win the world are infected. See Blaster, Slammer, CodeRed for historical examples....