Mal Wars

Thieves Winning Online War, Maybe Even in Your Computer

"Despite the efforts of the computer security industry and a half-decade struggle by Microsoft to protect its Windows operating system, malicious software is spreading faster than ever. The so-called malware surreptitiously takes over a PC and then uses that computer to spread more malware to other machines exponentially. Computer scientists and security researchers acknowledge they cannot get ahead of the onslaught.
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"With vast resources from stolen credit card and other financial information, the cyberattackers are handily winning a technology arms race."

Read the full article at the New York Times...