Re: That "malware" known as "Zero Day"

[<Blanchard_Michael () emc com>]

LOL....  Next thing we'll see is another "expert" telling us this:

  "...  A new threat discovered today, named "Malware" has microsoft scrambling to get a patch released..." 

 Hehehe

 Mike B

----- Original Message -----
From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org <funsec-bounces () linuxbox org>
To: funsec <funsec () linuxbox org>
Sent: Sat Jul 25 19:19:16 2009
Subject: Re: [funsec] That "malware" known as "Zero Day"

Alex Eckelberry wrote:

> http://www.newsweek.com/id/208652
>
> Cyber attacks seem to be getting more sophisticated by the hour. A few
> weeks ago malware known as Zero Day was found to have exploited a
> vulnerability in Microsoft's Windows operating system that could allow
> online criminals to take control of a computer from anywhere in the
> world without being detected. The operation involved what is known as
> "drive by" attacks, in which visitors to legitimate Web sites are
> redirected to a page that secretly downloads the malicious software.
>
> <sigh>

Written by Christopher Werth -- he's obviously a tech expert according 
to the roster of his Newsweek items:

   http://topics.newsweek.com/search?&byline=christopher%20werth

only one of which (this one) has been in the "Tech and Business" 
section, and his NPR work:

   http://marketplace.publicradio.org/tools/search/author/author_collection.php?aut_id=30429



Regards,

Nick FitzGerald


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