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IT Security Pro Fears Stronger, Super Worms Coming: Page 4 of 4

The threat from malicious Internet worms is about to explode exponentially, a security expert said Thursday as he predicted release of an especially menacing "super worm" in the near future.
April 23, 2004

"A Honda and a laptop could do this," he warned.

Doom and gloom? Chasin's take is that the bad guys now have the upper hand, and that defenses will be tough to implement and take a long time to put into place.

"They have the advantage, and it's us who are playing catch-up."

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