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Worm on NASA Space Station Underscores Spread of Online Gaming Threats

Aug 30 2008 01:05:18
Source: eWEEK Technology News
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Researchers at McAfee and anti-virus vendor ESET have found virtual gaming threats are on the rise.



Recent reports of the discovery of a password-stealing worm targeted at online gamers aboard the International Space Station underscores the prevalence of the problem.

NASA has said no mission-critical systems were affected by the worm's presence. - A laptop and an affinity for online gaming that may have been all it took to introduce a cyber-security threat to a space station.Though NASA Spokesman Kelly Humphries remained unwilling today to officially confirm the nature of the worm detected on laptops at the International Space Station, spac...   .





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