[Info-vax] Maybe a bit OT, maybe not.. in any case an interesting article

[Paul Sture]

On Thu, 17 May 2012 20:12:48 -0700, Johnny Billquist wrote:

> And the most common types of exploits are not other users contacting
> your machine, but you inadvertedly and unknowingly downloading software
> that exploit your system, and that software then connects to some
> exterior host, thereby setting up an access vector to your computer. If
> you think a firewall is protecting you in any way, you are seriously
> mistaken.

Ad servers and Wordpress sites are under constant attack.  Even those 
where the folks in charge take security seriously can and do suffer.

-- 
Paul Sture