Computer Security Weekly, July 10, 2000
With the increasing variety of security loopholes and problems in Web browsers, virus researchers have long been concerned that viruses will be launched from Web sites. This has now happened. The "Jer" virus was posted on a Web site on one of the free site providers (GeoCities) and promoted with a sexually suggestive title. "Jer" is not particularly well written, fails in some aspects of reproduction, and even generated a warning on access to the site. There are, however, many ways to overcome these problems, and a Web launched virus could likely be more successful in the future.
http://www.kasperskylab.ru/eng/news/pres...
UPS said they wouldn't sell your digitized signatures--and then turned around and put them up for sale. Most Web sites say that they only collect information for their own use, and anything you tell them will be kept in confidence. But many online companies are now going under, and not a few of them are selling all the assets they have--including information about you ...
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-217...
It's no secret that the FBI is not a fan of encryption and privacy functions. However, they seem to have taken this to new levels. The FBI seems to have found a way to prevenmt visits by people using anonymizing servers and browsers. No technical details are available yet.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0%2...
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