eMarkLee

It’s interesting to see where we are today for the Internet security arena. First, the MySpace kid, who was just basically playing a joke to add friends to his profile. Why not get more MySpace friends? Of course, for his exploits, he got a nice 3 year probation and 90 days of picking up trash at the local park. Sucks for him but nothing was malicious really in his hack.

Then there’s the case where a substitute teacher gets found guilt for showing pr0n to children. They never scanned the computer for any spyware/malware that displays popups. They never did any true forensics on the computer to see what was going on. Basically the children clicked on some links that may have installed spyware or allowed for popups. This could happen to anyone…ok, maybe not anyone, but could happen to any substitute teacher for sure. The problem here is who the hell is trying to prosecute a substitute teacher for pr0n popups?

Moral of the story: stop surfing for pr0n and get back to work….but if you surf for pr0n, make sure you’re blocking popups and spyware.