Windows 7 malware infection rate soars in 2012

Computerworld Security: October 09, 2012
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Windows 7 malware infection rate soars in 2012

Windows 7's malware infection rate climbed by as much as 182% this year,
Microsoft said today.
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Security Manager's Journal: I hired a hacker
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2. Chinese telecom firms pose national security threat, US committee finds
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3. Darlene Storm: 4chan & Anonymous target director of Smiley Halloween horror movie
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Security Manager's Journal: I hired a hacker

Our manager has some cleaning up to do after a third party's penetration testing
uncovers some disturbing findings.
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Chinese telecom firms pose national security threat, US committee finds

After a yearlong investigation, a congressional committee concluded that Chinese
telecommunication equipment vendors Huawei Technologies and ZTE pose a security
threat to the U.S., with lawmakers advising U.S. private-sector firms not to buy
networking gear from the companies.
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Darlene Storm: 4chan & Anonymous target director of Smiley Halloween horror movie


Smiley, a low budget Halloween horror film, is about a college student who
learns of an urban legend on 4chan's /b/ board involving a mysterious and masked
serial killer named "Smiley" that can be summoned via the Internet.
The power of social network sharing is part of the marketing, but now the 4chan
and Anonymous collectives have targeted director Michael Gallagher,
aka TotallySketch. Since the prerelease of the horror movie, Gallagher has
been spammed with at least 40 harassing calls, texts, emails and
voicemails every minute, including death threats. There have been so many
threats, that the FBI is allegedly deciding whether or not to open an
investigation into the 'bizarre, life-imitates-art situation.'
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