Re: Attackers Exploit Unpatched Explorer Flaw (in animated cursors!!!)

[Marc_F_Hult <MFHult@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:21:39 -0400, "Robert Green"
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>Attackers Exploit Unpatched Explorer Flaw
>

>Some other fascinating subjects, too:
>
>Fortune 500s Unwittingly Become Spammers
>
>A Fresh Look at Password Thieves
>
>Stolen Identities Sold Cheap on the Black Market

>Is it time to build a bunker and live off the net?  (-:

In an article titled "Betrayed" by in the current (March 26 07) issue of the
New Yorker, author George Packer writes this about the Green Zone in Baghdad:
"The deeper the Americans dug themselves into the bunker, the harder they
worked to create a sense of normalcy ... The more chaotic Iraq became, the
more the Americans resorted to bureaucratic gestures of control. The fact
that it took five signatures to get Adobe Acrobat installed on a computer was
strangely comforting."

And sometimes the bunker mentality precedes the bunkers.

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IMO, HA and a smart home ought to be helpful in smart risk assessment and
effective risk reduction, and real-time loss mitigation (think sprinklers and
their cyber equivalents) -- not feeding paranoia.

What are the real threats and needed protection that pertain to HA in general
and net-connected devices in particular in the context of
comp.home.automation ?

And specifically, what are 'best practices' with respect to net connectivity
for home automation controllers?


... Marc
Marc_F_Hult
www.ECOntrol.org
www.NeuralHome.org