Storm Warning — the Future of Malware, Part 1

As if we don’t have enough spam, viruses, phishing attacks, and other forms of network-mediated malware assailing us, now we have Storm. Storm is a kind of compound malware, not so clever in and of itself, since it infects like so much other malware, via a user getting suckered into clicking a link. [...]

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Homeland Security Can’t Manage their Email

Yet another indication of the general lack of capability of the Department of Homeland Secutiry surfaced this week, when the recipient of a relatively routine DHS counter-terrorism email newsletter attempted to have his delivery email address changed. His request, which he apparently thought was going to the mailing list administrator, in fact executed a [...]

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35W Bridge Rebuilding Goes Nowhere, or Worse

In Washington, the Democratic Congress’ drive to get us out of the disastrous war in Iraq has utterly run out of gas, not even the smallest criticism of the President’s private war could be passed. The Democrats run the danger of their mascot being changed from the donkey to the possum — roll over [...]

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