While trying desperately to catch up with some email before flying out for the upcoming AMTSO workshop, I came upon a reference (tip of the hat to Rob Slade) to an article by Loren Grush about a “Supertrojan computer virus”.
Despite my inevitable supersighs at terminology that confuses “Trojan” and “virus”, this turns out not to be an “end of computing as we know it” hypefest (or a TEOTWAWKI, as Graham Cluley is apt to refer to overblown security stories. A pity, really, as I would have loved to get the chance to describe a Fox as a Chicken Little.
Supertrojan Supersighs Me
While trying desperately to catch up with some email before flying out for the upcoming AMTSO workshop, I came upon a reference (tip of the hat to Rob Slade) to an article by Loren Grush about a “Supertrojan computer virus”.
Despite my inevitable supersighs at terminology that confuses “Trojan” and “virus”, this turns out not to be an “end of computing as we know it” hypefest (or a TEOTWAWKI, as Graham Cluley is apt to refer to overblown security stories. A pity, really, as I would have loved to get the chance to describe a Fox as a Chicken Little.