Virus Shuts Border Crossing

Over the weekend, thousands of Russian tourists were trapped on the Chinese side of the border after a computer virus crashed the electronic border control system. On Sunday, customs officials at the checkpoint in Heihe, China, reported that a virus had shut down the computer systems used by border control officials, RIA Novosti reports.

The virus was eventually cleaned and normal operations at the checkpoint were resumed on…

Blocking Drive-By Downloads

Researchers from Georgia Tech and SRI International are set to release a new technology that would block ‘drive-by’ downloads. The free tool, called BLADE (Block All Drive-By Download Exploits), blocks any downloads not initiated by the user.

Drive-by downloads are when a user visits an infected website and malicious software is automatically downloaded onto the victims computer.

“When your browser is presented with an for download, it’s supposed…