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The Sony rootkit debacle

22nd November, 2005  |  Steve @ 9:18 am
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On and off for a couple of weeks, I’ve been trying to work out how to put the whole Sony rootkit mess in terms that don’t make the average person run screaming for the hills.

I think Robert Vamosi describes the whole debacle pretty well in Security Watch: To be “0wned” by Sony, so I’ll let him do the work for me. :)

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Government Acts to Zap Zombies

7th November, 2005  |  Steve @ 1:48 pm
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In an attempt to cut down the number of infected computers across the nation, the Australian Government has announced a pilot program to help identify zombie computers.

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Free Opera for all

22nd September, 2005  |  Steve @ 2:07 pm
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The Opera browser has been fairly quietly gaining its own small slice of the web browser market over the years. It is only now, though, that the browser is being offered free of charge.

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