Tag Archives: computer security

(Video) BBC TV Show Demos How Botnets Fill Your Inbox with Spam

Posted by JD Thomas on March 13, 2009 in Techfun Comments Off

BBC Technology show Click demonstrates how a botnet is used to innundate our mailboxes with spam.

Microsoft offers $250,000 Reward for Conficker Author

Posted by JD Thomas on February 12, 2009 in Techfun Comments Off

This is mostly from a Microsoft press release, so its more forgiving of Microsoft’s role in designing operating systems that so often become zombies that can be used by spammers or others with malicious intent to make the Internet a less pleasant place for the rest of us. When you consider the damage done by Conficker and earlier threats like NIMDA and CodeRed, $250,000 seems rather low if they really want to use this current threat to set an example to future virus designers.