<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Bill Mullins&#039; Weblog - Tech Thoughts]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://billmullins.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Bill Mullins]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://billmullins.wordpress.com/author/billmullins/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Tech Thoughts Daily Security Alerts – April 1,&nbsp;2009]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://billmullins.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/dangerworm.jpg"><img style="border-bottom:0;border-left:0;display:inline;border-top:0;border-right:0;" title="Danger worm" src="https://billmullins.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/dangerworm-thumb.jpg?w=188" border="0" alt="Danger worm" width="188" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.webuser.co.uk/news/279752.html" target="_blank"><strong>Conficker worm: are you ready?</strong></a> &#8211; The Conficker worm will spring into action on 1 April and security experts are advising all surfers to make sure their computers are protected.</p>
<p><a href="http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/090401/technology/us_it_internet_crime_software_conficker_microsoft" target="_blank"><strong>Conficker worm digs in around the world</strong></a> &#8211; Computer security specialists warn that the Conficker threat will remain even if April 1st passes without it causing trouble.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/The-First-Linux-Botnet-626424/?kc=EWKNLLIN03312009STR1" target="_blank"><strong>The First Linux Botnet</strong></a> &#8211; They&#8217;re calling it the first botnet designed for broadband equipment and routers, and that it is. But it&#8217;s also the first of something else: Psyb0t is the first Linux botnet.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2344109,00.asp?kc=DAILYNEWS_044109_STORY9" target="_blank"><strong>Online Crime Surging in Recession, Report Says</strong></a> &#8211; Fraud on the Internet reported to U.S. authorities increased by 33 percent last year.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2344121,00.asp?kc=DAILYNEWS_044109_STORY5" target="_blank"><strong>Supreme Court Rejects Virginia Spam Case</strong></a> &#8211; The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a Virginia spam case, effectively upholding a September decision that found the state&#8217;s anti-spam law to be unconstitutional.</p>
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