Conficker worm is scary or maybe not. We don't know its capabilities yet, but it's supposed to be activated on April 1st (or not, as a joke :) ). NY Times has an article and blog on it and you can also find many write-ups out there on this topic. Regardless, it simply provides a good perspective on what we are to expect on the days to come in terms of information security in cyberspace. It is just not safe out there anymore. Even though the majority of people mean well and do not intend to cause any harm, it's the little group of malware authors, script kiddies, organized crime groups, etc. that's creating this mayhem. Similar to what you'd do in real world when walking through a not-so-safe neighborhood, we have to protect ourselves in cyberspace with keeping our systems up-to-date, using anti-virus, anti-spam, and similar security technologies (carrying a pepper spray) and relying on ISPs to provide a secure infrastructure and identify malicious content (government, local police, etc.).
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