7 security surprises

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Sep 4, 20072 mins

Security: There’s more to the malicious Web than porn. “It’s not like you can just avoid adult sites and be safe,” Roger Grimes writes in this week’s installment of Security Adviser. Grimes, in fact, shares seven surprises uncovered by the New Zealand Honeypot Project. Here’s one: Only 12 percent of malicious URLs appeared on a blacklist. Another is the finding that fully patched PCs blocked 100 percent of malicious attempts.

Columnist’s corner: Storage is taking baby steps toward open source. Or maybe it’s that open source is creeping into storage. No matter, Mario Apicella wishes the Aperi project a Happy Birthday. Aperi is shaping up rather well, Apicella writes, “just don’t bet your storage management chips on it quite yet.”

Careers: Some folks are tempted to bump up their salary when seeking new employment — which leads one reader to ask Nick Corcodilos, Will I get caught if I inflate my salary? “You can get into hot water by lying about your past salary,” he advises. Of course, there are workarounds. “Decline to provide your salary history from the get-go. You can’t get busted for lying if you decline to provide information, and there’s no law that requires you to divulge your salary history in a job interview.”