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[December 11, 2004, 7:00]
Code Red is here to stay
News According to Roger Thompson, technical director of malicious code research at anti-virus firm TruSecure, who detected the variant, the appearance of a new worm indicates that we are stuck with the Code Red problem "forever".
[August 24, 2001, 15:48]
Slapper worm grinds to a halt
News I thought it was very interesting, but it didn't do terribly much," said Roger Thompson, director of malicious code research at security services company TruSecure. While stressing worms that exploit holes in software, as Slapper has done, are the...
[September 20, 2002, 13:32]
Virus writers get Slapper happy
News In any event, Scalper is on the way out, said Roger Thompson, director of malicious-code research at security service provider TruSecure. We know that most people, but not everybody, are going to patch their systems," Thompson said.
[October 7, 2002, 7:44]
Internet security risk proves hard to measure
News Who knows, answered Roger Thompson, technical director of malicious-code research for security-services company TruSecure. Thompson bemoans the lack of good scientific data. While Thompson has a hunch things are getting better, he said the need for...
[January 21, 2002, 14:34]
HP cuts 'don't mean price war' with Dell
News But Thompson stopped short of saying HP would try to beat Dell on price, a move that would likely spark a new price war in the PC market. We have gotten value from the merger, we've gotten synergies in the supply chain, and, with increased volumes...
[February 14, 2003, 11:48]
Hybris virus: Sleeper hit of 2001
News It's slow and subtle," said Roger Thompson, technical director of malicious code research for security firm TruSecure. But the 3-month-old Hybris worm shows no sign of dying anytime soon, Thompson said.
[January 12, 2001, 8:47]
'Thursday' virus upgraded to 'high risk' - part 2
News This completely changed the way anti-virus companies had to think, said Roger Thompson, technical director of malicious code research at ICSA in Vancouver. Until then, the old chestnut was that people didn't need to look at data files," Thompson said.
[September 3, 1999, 9:05]
Handhelds are the new targets for viruses
News I wouldn't say that they advertised [mobile-device viruses] into existence, but there is little to be gained when you have detection for a platform without any [damaging] viruses," said Roger Thompson, technical director of malicious code research...
[March 20, 2001, 9:29]
'MyParty' worm goes global
News While MyParty may not be overly clever, said Roger Thompson, director of malicious code research for security-services company TruSecure, it seems to have worked moderately well. It got lucky," Thompson said, adding that computer users should have...
[January 29, 2002, 9:40]
The little things that make virtual computing such fun...
Blog Comment I'm off to see Mark Thompson to demonstrate practical aspects of metallurgy and Newton's laws of motion, as they apply to human anatomy. Roger, Roger! MediaMonkey runs fine under VirtualBox, but doesn't see the iPhone.
[August 8, 2008, 9:24]
Google removes malicious advertising links
News We detected about 20 different search strings that resulted in links to smarttrack.org," said Roger Thompson of Exploit Prevention Labs. Google has removed paid links that advertised seemingly legitimate websites but actually tried to install...
[April 30, 2007, 9:21]
Windows cursor flaw poses 'drive by' risk
News I expect attackers will pick up on this as soon as they figure out how to, we'll very shortly see the usual suspects using it," said Roger Thompson, chief technology officer at security software maker Exploit Prevention Labs.
[March 30, 2007, 9:41]
The Cheese worm: A welcome helper?
News But Roger Thompson, technical director of malicious code research for security services firm TruSecure, stressed such programs are generally a bad idea. This worm appears to be different, however. Dubbed the Cheese worm, the program is basically a...
[May 17, 2001, 9:56]
Platform-hopping virus poses new threat
News Roger Thompson, technical director of malicious code research for security-information provider TruSecure, didn't think the Simile.D virus would be much to worry about, even with it's cross-platform attack.
[June 5, 2002, 14:39]
Microsoft warning on hijacked certificates
News Roger Thompson, technical director of malicious code research for security services company TruSecure, said the threat posed by the certificates depends on who has access to them. If the job was to install a sniffer, then there could be a zillion...
[March 23, 2001, 7:25]
Facebook closes fake profiles spreading malware
News Clearly, the Data Snatchers have found a way to automate the creation of Facebook accounts, which means they've found a way to bypass the Facebook Captcha," Roger Thompson, chief of research at AVG, wrote in a blog post.
[October 2, 2009, 8:56]
