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Re: Web Browsing Security


From: Jeff Kell <jeff-kell () UTC EDU>
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 18:54:33 -0400

On 9/26/2013 6:18 PM, Omen Wild wrote:
Paranoid? Maybe. Overly? I don't think so. 

I've been in the security business since the old Slammer/Nachi/CodeRed
days... and it gets worse every year, and more difficult to defend. 
Yesterday it was "plug your computer into the network".  Today it's
"Click here to infect your computer" (if even that, doesn't include
drive-bys).

If you're not paranoid, you should be.  Or your already pwned :)

Jeff


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