Friday, December 23, 2005

From ZDNet: Microsoft Chief Security Advisor Bitten By Bug

News items like these makes me glad that my platform of choice is *not* Windows.

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ZDNet UK Reports that the top security man has had his Windows box infected with a trojan and as a result has been billed by British Telecoms with a 450 British Pounds worth of phone calls. The trojan that infected Ed Gibson, Microsoft UK's chief security advisor was a rogue dialer that redirects its internet connection to a premium rate number.


Read entire story at ZDNet UK.

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