Simply navigating to a well-known, legitimate website can result in what’s known as a “drive-by download,” the stealthy installing of a computer infection onto your PC’s hard drive. The endgame for …
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… provided by anti-virus … attack is not completely realistic, since the size of the code required would have to be large to work. A quickie download wouldn’t be possible, so the attack would likely have to find its way onto a target computer
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Alex Pham / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
Apple to wrap digital books in FairPlay copy protection — When Apple launches its iBook store to sell titles for its new iPad device in March, many of its titles are expected to come with a set of handsome digital locks designed to deter piracy. — Veteran iTunes customers will recognize …