This week’s security events include news of a vulnerability in the 64-bit edition of OpenOffice, a privilege escalation flaw in Samba, a virus infection on the International Space Station, and the arrest of yet another webcam voyeur.

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Someday, behavior analysis might replace signature comparison in AV solutions. But I don’t think so. Like all security controls, these two approaches to detecting malware are layered defenses, supporting each other, identifying threats the other misses.

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