Security Stories 2000: Top Ten

Robert Lemos over at ZDNet wrote up an interesting piece a few days ago outlining the top ten security stories of the year 2000, which will quickly come to a close in less than five days. Bringing up the rear of the list comes "VBS/Kakworm--at-large for more than a year--has resulted in more tech-support calls than the LoveLetter virus." Topping the list is the home user himself/herself, as Lemos writes about how the average user has become the heel in the Achilles myth, with denial-of-service attacks running rampant. Read the rest of his report over at ZDNet.

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