A worm that spreads through low security networks, memory sticks, and PCs without the latest security updates is posing a growing threat to users.
The malicious program, known as Conficker, Downadup, or Kido was first discovered in October 2008.
Although Microsoft released a patch, it has gone on to infect 3.5m machines.
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The only way to stop fraudsters stealing information from old computer hard drives is by destroying them completely, a study has found.
Computing magazine Which? recovered 22,000 “deleted” files from eight computers purchased on eBay.
Criminals source old computers from internet auction sites or in rubbish tips, to find users’ valuable details.
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Film-style age ratings could be applied to websites to protect children from harmful and offensive material, Culture Secretary Andy Burnham has said.
via BBC NEWS | UK | Website age ratings ‘an option’.
An interesting idea came out of the UK government this week, the idea of applying film-style age ratings to websites (here in the UK [...]
Last week we had profoundly good news on the abuse of human rights in the UK that we call the police’s DNA database. The European Court of Human Rights has ruled unanimously that holding the DNA & fingerprint details of people that have no criminal record is a breach of their rights. The biometric [...]
