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The Desktop Security Battle May Be Lost

Posted by kdawson on from the deploy-the-tinfoil-hats dept.

Trailrunner7 writes in with a Threatpost.com article that begins: "For years, security experts, analysts and even users have been lamenting the state of desktop security. Viruses, spam, Trojans and rootkits have added up to create an ugly picture. But, the good news is that the desktop security battle may be over. The less-than-good news, however, is that we may have lost it. Jeremiah Grossman, CTO of WhiteHat Security, said Thursday that many organizations, particularly in the financial services industry, have gotten to the point of assuming that their customers' desktops are compromised. And moving forward from that assumption, things don't get much prettier." It goes on to speculate about home routers being targeted and infected.

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  1. Though the Times They May Look Grim ... by eldavojohn · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Desktop Security Battle May Be Lost

    No, you must have hope! We just need to hold them off a little longer until Gandalf the White Hat shows up on Shadowfax Machine.

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    My work here is dung.
    1. Re:Though the Times They May Look Grim ... by arndawg · · Score: 3, Funny

      echo "127.0.0.1 icanhascheezburger.com " >> /etc/hosts

  2. Re:And this is why... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Then they could just assume that the customer's computer is incompatible.

  3. Don't worry! by eln · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Year of Linux on the Desktop(tm) is just around the corner!

  4. Baffled by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 3, Funny

    I never seem to have these problems. Is there some weird, vulnerable OS out there that a lot of folks are using?