Computer pesticides work -- for now

According to this story in the Globe and Mail, the "Net virus spread may have peaked." Notwithstanding the fact that somebody -- Symantec, apparently, having commissioned a study of 20,000 sources -- is projecting rate of acceleration and velocity into an unknown (and unknowable) future state, this is mass media talking about something it doesn't understand at its finest. At least Symantec acknowledges that despite lower velocity and acceleration, the severity of computer attacks is getting worse. Something we can all observe.

Dubious distinction award to the Great White North:

Canada . . . [reports] the highest number of computer attacks for each Internet user, partly because of the country's high rate of broadband Internet penetration via cable and DSL access providers. About 8 per cent of computer attacks originate in Canada. The United States holds down the No. 1 position, accounting for about 58 per cent of all attacks.

Posted by Grayson at March 15, 2004 08:40 PM