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The key words...  HollywoodDog | 08/24/09
Don't you have a video to go edit or something, tewl?  James T. Kirk | 08/24/09
Sshhhhh...  brianscook | 08/27/09
RE: The Key Words  texasbrat2@... | 08/25/09
non PC Users  chinese.bookie | 08/25/09
non PC Users  OCJim | 08/25/09
money to be made?  motorman33@... | 08/25/09
Yeah, crackers and virus writers have absolutely no interest in...  over2sd | 08/25/09
Really!?! WHY?!? Can't we all just get along  m3lk0r | 08/25/09
Well Said  BoneLazy | 08/26/09
I concur!  richard.east@... | 08/27/09
Finally someone with sense  gan | 08/26/09
Very Well Put!  Wolferzz | 08/26/09
Very well done, but...  agohige | 08/27/09
thank you  brianscook | 08/27/09
Excellent comment!  dennis.london@... | 09/10/09
Really!?! WHY?!? Can't we all just get along  ozl@... | 11/13/09
Really?  AndyPagin | 08/26/09
Ummm....  Techno_Babble | 08/28/09
Jealous?  DBPerez | 08/27/09
I don't think your right.  agohige | 08/27/09
Oooh! Pretty good!...  JCitizen | 09/06/09
:P  ozl@... | 11/13/09
Jealous? I think not.  fletchoid | 08/29/09
You missed the obvious  deowll | 08/29/09
PCs???  escapepod | 08/25/09
He means IBM-compatible PCs (n/t)  over2sd | 08/25/09
Ok Sheldon,  spammy_z | 08/30/09
Key Words?  Wolferzz | 08/26/09
Really?  whcressall@... | 08/26/09
Another WIndows exploit?  whisperycat | 08/24/09
I've seen a lot say....  Erroneous | 08/24/09
So they deliberately don't run anti-virus, but know they need it really?  Zogg | 08/24/09
I heard it said.  deowll | 08/29/09
This is 100% social engineering  NonZealot | 08/24/09
The user has to agree to run the malware on their computer.  znetlol | 08/24/09
Okay, but it isn't a problem with Windows  NonZealot | 08/24/09
Link please  Richard Flude | 08/24/09
no sales = a huge plus...  _JimB_ | 08/25/09
Serious Question  BoneLazy | 08/26/09
Who knows?  deowll | 08/29/09
User in Ubuntu with no root pswd = immune  Don Collins | 08/24/09
I'm interested to hear your explanation  NonZealot | 08/24/09
Stems from XP and before  MariusSilverwolf | 08/24/09
Not so fast  rdawson@... | 08/25/09
key words: "work machine"  over2sd | 08/25/09
One little hole in your theory...  JT82 | 08/25/09
One would hope  Michael Kelly | 08/25/09
Actually, you just restated his point: password required, not just...  over2sd | 08/25/09
Phew!  AndyPagin | 08/26/09
Phew  AndyPagin | 08/26/09
This is the case with windows as well  davidhite | 08/25/09
I tested that  Wolferzz | 08/26/09
I think you missed plenty.  deowll | 08/29/09
Agreed 200%  GuardianBob | 08/25/09
The other alternative is stateless thin clients.  914four | 08/26/09
why always the PC vs argument  cymru999 | 08/25/09
So do OSX and Linux users  Lerianis10 | 08/25/09
Not all trojans require user authentication on Windows  frgough | 08/24/09
Got to go back to a 9 year old version for it to be true  NonZealot | 08/24/09
A four letter word  BoneLazy | 08/26/09
The thing is......  todbran@... | 08/24/09
This would change when they bought their Mac?  NonZealot | 08/24/09
I personally...  todbran@... | 08/24/09
re: Safe  Badgered | 08/25/09
Excellent...  Sleeper Service | 08/25/09
LOL at you  davidhite | 08/25/09
And I personally don't know any Mac users  sjbinaz | 08/25/09
An awful lot of Mac users...  deowll | 08/29/09
iBots  pcguy777 | 08/24/09
iBots  JOHN_TUOHY | 08/26/09
zealot should worry about those malware cocktails instead  UAC nanny screen | 08/25/09
They are?  Loverock Davidson | 08/25/09
Linux is not easy.....  fourijm@... | 08/25/09
RE:Linux is not easy.....  richdave | 08/25/09
Big load of BS  davidhite | 08/25/09
@davidhite  tmsbrdrs | 08/25/09
Just different  AndyPagin | 08/26/09
Gnome, KDE, XFCE.....  Aboleyn | 08/25/09
Lol  AndyPagin | 08/26/09
I bet  davidhite | 08/25/09
90%  zdnet-gregc | 08/25/09
Actually ...  williamacole@... | 08/25/09
... all are Windows-IIS  williamacole@... | 08/25/09
You can wish and bet all you want...  over2sd | 08/25/09
I accept your bet  AndyPagin | 08/26/09
hmmm- not true  ildratherbe | 08/25/09
Mac users?  rsmith@... | 08/25/09
Really? Really?  mswift@... | 08/25/09
"own a Mac because Hollywood told them..."  Bacon 3000 | 08/25/09
Hollywood types  zdnet-gregc | 08/25/09
Mac Users aren't all that experienced.  gypkap@... | 08/25/09
No it's not social engineering  voska1 | 08/25/09
Coud do it for Mac and Linux too  voska1 | 08/25/09
But there is probably more exoits on windows then  mathcreative | 08/25/09
I didn't see anything specific about Windows. But I did see the following:  ye | 08/24/09
A lot of rsults are repeats. (nt)  bjbrock | 08/24/09
RE: 55,000 Web sites hacked to serve up malware cocktail  Capt_Sparky | 08/24/09
you can do that only because there are so many Windows users  pupkin_z | 08/24/09
Just playing Devil's Advocate  mathcreative | 08/25/09
It's a good thing Safari runs with restricted rights!  NonZealot | 08/24/09
Well, since OS X is actually a true multi-user operating  frgough | 08/24/09
Sorry but you are wrong  NonZealot | 08/24/09
Privelege levels  jdudeck@... | 08/25/09
Please elaborate.  ye | 08/24/09
Correction: Vista and 7 are *NOT* immune to these attacks  honeymonster | 08/24/09
Ah, thanks for that info  NonZealot | 08/24/09
Wow  Richard Flude | 08/24/09
The famed iBotnet is HUGE  NonZealot | 08/24/09
Are you seriously claiming...  Richard Flude | 08/24/09
It's no use...  MyMac | 08/24/09
Oops, my sincere apologies  NonZealot | 08/24/09
Care to cite that?  UAC nanny screen | 08/25/09
It sure did. It proved the Mac is less secure than Windows.  ye | 08/25/09
Following you off topic...  richdave | 08/25/09
Not to turn this into an environmental discussion but ...  ram96 | 08/25/09
RE:Not to turn this into an environmental discussion but ...  richdave | 08/25/09
...  ram96 | 08/25/09
Some guys name dot com??  dszimmer | 08/27/09
Sure it does.  davidhite | 08/25/09
don't do that  mswift@... | 08/25/09
Since most....  todbran@... | 08/24/09
RE: 55,000 Web sites hacked to serve up malware cocktail  Loverock Davidson | 08/24/09
RE: 55,000 Web sites hacked to serve up malware cocktail  Loverock Davidson | 08/24/09
Common thing  Gerardo.Tasistro | 08/24/09
I am still betting 90% are linux servers  davidhite | 08/25/09
Because LAMP servers masquerade as IIS/ASP all the time? (n/t)  over2sd | 08/25/09
True, but...  AndyPagin | 08/26/09
LAMP not miraculously secure  Gerardo.Tasistro | 08/26/09
"Most people just go to the same 5 or 6 sites which are usually secure"  ismoore | 08/25/09
i have few sites that been hacked and iframed multiples times already  vachi | 08/24/09
I can't seem to get infected.  ye | 08/24/09
Bet you can't avoid this trojan  NonZealot | 08/24/09
I have no idea what you're getting at  AndyCee | 08/24/09
All about the user intervention  NonZealot | 08/24/09
Link please  Richard Flude | 08/24/09
Stupidist thing  Wolferzz | 08/26/09
You only think you can't get infected  dianecmiles@... | 08/25/09
For which it did nothing...  SpikeyMike | 08/26/09
Only if you have a time machine  rtk | 08/26/09
Hmm.. Where did those MS fanboys go?  dszimmer | 08/27/09
The Firewall looks for the tag then blocks the site?  BALTHOR | 08/24/09
It is a SQL injection attacks on the websites  honeymonster | 08/24/09
I would like to see proof of that.  spinit | 08/24/09
Proof.  davidhite | 08/25/09
Proof  balaknair | 08/26/09
Yes, I remember that one  NonZealot | 08/24/09
Coulda, woulda, dida?  UAC nanny screen | 08/25/09
Back to web school for you...  Marty R. Milette | 08/25/09
Indeed. And this *IS* an automated SQL injection attack  honeymonster | 08/26/09
You still didn't answer my question  UAC nanny screen | 08/26/09
Answer  Chafalote | 08/26/09
Chevy Neons ?  IAFarm2 | 08/26/09
Another non-answer  UAC nanny screen | 08/26/09
not_nice  dca@... | 08/26/09
Still another non-answer...  UAC nanny screen | 08/27/09
You really don't have a clue -- do you?  Marty R. Milette | 08/27/09
My point exactly  UAC nanny screen | 08/27/09
@Marty R. Milette - The Problem  Isocrates | 08/27/09
You don't get it either...  Marty R. Milette | 08/27/09
All hacked sites were running Windows Server / IIS  spinit | 08/24/09
So what was the vulnerability that the crackers used?  NonZealot | 08/24/09
Clearly the blame must lie...  zkiwi | 08/24/09
What on earth are you talking about?  NonZealot | 08/24/09
Well...  zkiwi | 08/24/09
But the actual vulnerabilities are *application* SQL injections  honeymonster | 08/24/09
For once I would agree with you  UAC nanny screen | 08/25/09
you checked all 55,000?  davidhite | 08/25/09
NAT-enabled modem  privacy matters | 08/24/09
It would do nothing to protect from this though  NonZealot | 08/24/09
i think you need a primer...  thx-1138_@... | 08/28/09
Mac users rejoice!  Been_Done_Before | 08/24/09
Guess you didn't read the Pwn2Own article  meechp123 | 08/25/09
Hello! Earth to Been_Done_Before.  thomasnruth@... | 08/25/09
Lol, stats don't match  Tom6 | 08/25/09
RE: 55,000 Web sites hacked to serve up malware cocktail  mmdmurphy@... | 08/25/09
RE: 55,000 Web sites hacked to serve up malware cocktail  sunilsk | 08/25/09
RE: 55,000 Web sites hacked to serve up malware cocktail  securityboy | 08/25/09
What sites? Where's the list? How does a site check itself?  XXP | 08/25/09
RE: 55,000 Web sites hacked to serve up malware cocktail  unellen | 08/25/09
Its A GREAT Tuesday  itanalyst2@... | 08/25/09
Exactly how is this great?  PhotoIT | 08/25/09
How perserve to think of this as great.  vbnomad@... | 08/25/09
Nope, Just Love Seeing Microsoft Shown As Fools  itanalyst2@... | 08/25/09
I'd be more interested to know...  Marty R. Milette | 08/25/09
RE: 55,000 Web sites hacked to serve up malware cocktail  warrenmaurer@... | 08/25/09
RE: 55,000 Web sites hacked to serve up malware cocktail  tom@... | 08/25/09
RE: 55,000 Web sites hacked to serve up malware cocktail  bobdavis321 | 08/25/09
What to do about it - real solutions  bobdavis321 | 08/25/09
Flavour of webserver is irrelevant  ahaveland | 08/25/09
Proof that IIS is not a good server?  davidhite | 08/25/09
Maybe the problem  davidhite | 08/25/09
RE: 55,000 Web sites hacked to serve up malware cocktail  ps.zdnet@... | 08/25/09
Thanks for some real info  vbnomad@... | 08/25/09
RE: 55,000 Web sites hacked to serve up malware cocktail  PoetSailor | 08/25/09
.gov affected??  TejasKat | 08/25/09
RE: 55,000 Web sites hacked to serve up malware cocktail  Jaytmoon | 08/25/09
Unfortunately  chaz15 | 08/25/09
change your password too  ahaveland | 08/25/09
Slow blog day  w13246 | 08/25/09
Are the cracked Websites running Windows or Linux?  Tom6 | 08/25/09
The OSes are secure - users aren't.  ahaveland | 08/25/09
% matters  Tom6 | 08/25/09
Equal percentages only if they are equally vulnerable.  over2sd | 08/25/09
No!!!!!!!!  chaz15 | 08/26/09
I concede  ahaveland | 08/26/09
User account control  Aboleyn | 08/25/09
RE: 55,000 Web sites hacked to serve up malware cocktail  completecirclemarketing | 08/25/09
Backups, backups and more backups  dianecmiles@... | 08/25/09
RE: 55,000 Web sites hacked to serve up malware cocktail  BillyB40 | 08/25/09
How many actual servers does that make?  satovey@... | 08/25/09
What are the threats, please?  thomasnruth@... | 08/25/09
I see problems where are the solutions?  madrucke@... | 08/25/09
it isn't difficult!  ahaveland | 08/25/09
RE: 55,000 Web sites hacked to serve up malware cocktail  frcoulter | 08/25/09
Solution: dropmyrights  cwallen19803@... | 08/25/09
RE: 55,000 Web sites hacked to serve up malware cocktail  bobdavis321 | 08/25/09
Use Firefox and Noscript and forbid IFrames.  psm5755@... | 08/25/09
Firefox, Noscript, IFrames - question  TejasKat | 08/25/09
firefox and iframes  zdnet-gregc | 08/25/09
RE: 55,000 Web sites hacked to serve up malware cocktail  bobdavis321 | 08/25/09
Big load of BS  davidhite | 08/25/09
100% of infected websites hosted on Windows?  Tom6 | 08/25/09
Did not say safe  davidhite | 08/25/09
This is social engineering, "done right".  freezerlunik | 08/25/09
..what makes it more successful is  freezerlunik | 08/25/09
@tmsbrdrs  davidhite | 08/25/09
RE: 55,000 Web sites hacked to serve up malware cocktail  thefoxbox | 08/25/09
RE: 55,000 Web sites hacked to serve up malware cocktail  TheBrass | 08/25/09
Easy answer to this  Lerianis10 | 08/25/09
RE: 55,000 Web sites hacked to serve up malware cocktail  chuck@... | 08/25/09
RE: 55,000 Web sites hacked to serve up malware cocktail  kn_bui@... | 08/26/09
RE:They Sanctimonious auto-contradictory Crapple vs. Winders NON issue  Grey Ash | 08/26/09
Shut up Grey ash you nuisance  Grey Ash | 08/26/09
HA! HA! HA! You funny!...  JCitizen | 09/20/09
RE: 55,000 Web sites hacked to serve up malware cocktail  rptasiuk | 08/26/09
Do I need to say it?  bendib | 08/26/09
Please don't...  dgriswold4@... | 08/26/09
What QuickTime vulnerability  russoj2000 | 08/27/09
Just google it!  agohige | 08/27/09
Here's how this happened to me.  M.W.H. | 08/28/09
RE: 55,000 Web sites hacked to serve up malware cocktail  deowll | 08/29/09
RE: 55,000 Web sites hacked to serve up malware cocktail  deowll | 08/29/09

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