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Kismet developer Mike Kershaw said in an interview posted at HERT (Hacker Emergency Response Team) that “despite all the press about it, the overall percentage of unencrypted networks is still at about 80%, and companies still make the news for exposing personal data over insecure networks.” Kershaw goes on to say that he thinks “unfortunately, the same group likely to buy consumer hardware … for a smaller… Read More

The malicious program, known as Bagle.Z, has not spread very quickly, said Vincent Gullotto, vice president of the antivirus emergency response team for Network Associates, which makes security software.   “I don't anticipate this one to last long,” he said, adding that the variant has had some initial success because the worm attaches itself to e-mail in a control panel file, which is an executable not used by virus… Read More