Patrick Shaw’s Weblog

It’s a tough world out there - just when we were all getting used to Virus and Spam problems  - we had to start figuring out how to protect against Spyware. Then along came “Phishing” (when you get email that looks and feels like someone else and they trick you into giving up important information).

There’s another one - it’s called a Root Kit Attack. The folks at the City of Seattle have a great article about it. The good news is that all of the things you’ve learned about spam and spyware and phishing apply - make sure you have great anti-virus, a firewall, you’re up to date on security patches and so on.

If you’re managing all of your own technical infrastructure - you’ll want to read that article and double check your protections. And if you have a vendor - you should ask them to make sure you have the proper tools in place to keep your computers and network safe!