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There has been a lot of anxiety about what will happen on April 1st. Typically, you pull a prank on a co-worker. This year, a virus will do... something. Maybe.

A conficker variant, also know as downadup or kido, is scheduled to alter its activity tomorrow.

I recommend reading up on what Conficker is, what it does, and what is being guessed it will do. A good start is the SANS diary:

http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6043

A really good timeline is posted here:

http://lastwatchdog.com/evolution-conficker-globe-spanning-worm/

And a rather amusing FAQ about the virus is here:

http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001636.html
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I came across this xkcd comic, and although its humorously exaggerated, it does demonstrate the quickest way to bypass security:



This is a case of social engineering being much more effective than brute forcing the security in place. :)

Original comic found here: http://xkcd.com/538/
  

Today I received an odd message in Facebook. It came from a friend of mine and sent to many people at once. It was littered with spelling and grammar mistakes, with a link to some obscure youtube lookalike. But it is not youtube.  Read more...