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Friday the Thirteenth – in memory of malware mayhem

13

Jan

2012

It’s Friday the Thirteenth, an infamous date in the history of malware. So here’s a satirical trip down memory lane to consider other dies irae in the computer virus calendar: * Jerusalem virus – deletes files on any Friday the 13th from 1988 onwards. This virus came out in 1987 but explicitly suppressed its payload […]

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Why Japan’s search-and-destroy cyber weapon could be a very bad idea

04

Jan

2012

According to media reports, the Japanese Defense Ministry has awarded Fujitsu a contract to develop a computer virus. No, it’s supposedly not for attacking the computers of other countries. At least, not yet. But it is apparently intended to help Japan counter internet attacks which have recently stolen data on fighter jets and nuclear plants, […]

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Facebook Invitation and the Olympic Torch

24

Nov

2011

Old hoaxes never die. They just get transplanted to Facebook. Sometimes literally, when a classic email hoax starts to spread with minor emendations through Facebook message or news feeds. In this case, the actual message (at least, as I received it) is still email, but it’s been adapted to appeal to the more than 800 million Facebook […]

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