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One of my pet peeves working in computer security has always been the use of emotive language. I have always felt that using highly emotive terms to discuss malware greatly adds to the already-considerable FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) that surrounds a lot of malware information. The FUD, in turn, leads users to think that this is […]

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In the first part of this series, we discussed the entry points that an intruder could use to attack our “building,” our metaphor for network security. In the next few posts, we shall focus on the next level: attack vectors. If vulnerabilities are the entry points, then attack vectors are the ways attackers can launch […]

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The word Trojan has many meanings, and when it is used without qualification in headlines, it’s hard to know which one is meant. An olden-day Trojan was an inhabitant of the ancient city of Troy, near modern Canakkale in Turkey, on the Anatolian side of the Dardanelles. The word is also short for Trojan horse. […]

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