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Recently a client of mine and I had a long winded debate about the dangers of not protecting machines from spyware and other malware. The client swore up and down that since they had an authenticating proxy that required the windows cached credentials to access the internet that they were protected. They believed that the proxy prevented the spyware and other malware from being able to phone data home as the spyware would not have access to the cache credentials to access the internet.   Read more...

We need authors for the following article categories:

- Antivirus (reviews, bugs)
- Virus (latest outbreaks, new exploits used, cleanup steps)
- Antispam (reviews)
- Spam (latest techniques, news)
- Anti-Malware (reviews, updates)
- Malware (latest versions, cleanup steps)

We will be adding NEW categories to Antisource soon:

- Network IDS (reviews, news)
- Host IDS (reviews, news)
- Exploits (news, patches, vulnerability testing howto)
- Firewalls (reviews, news)

We also need more Forum help. If you are interested, send an email with your Name, Email Address, and Current Experience in the field to webmaster@antisource.com. If you help out on any other websites, please list those along with your alias as well.

Thanks,
Richard S. Westmoreland, CISSP
  

Its the new tactic in infection warfare. Why bring down computers, when they can make you money?

Spam continues to rise, giving network administrators a headache trying to keep up with it.   Read more...