In this episode of tHAWT, Paul Whalen and Mark Steinberg discuss the week's news, and because this week was an April Fool's week there is always some skepticism about some of the stories that crop up. Something that was hyped up to be big this week was the Conficker worm, as there was some code in the .c variant that indicated some activity change on April 1. It turns out this didn't amount to much despite the amount of infected clients. However, the GhostNet spying network was not a hoax, and it confirms the need for continued security vigilance. To kick off the week's discussion, Paul and Mark discussed happenings at the CTIA trade show. I encourage you to check out Al Gore's speech. This and other links are covered below.

CTIA trade show in Las Vegas and Al Gore makes an appearance
Wi-Fi in SmartPhones makes them more popular
Skype comes to the iPhone and to my iPod touch
Qwest possibly selling their long distance network--what next?
Outgoing Sol Trujillo says Telstra won't be impacted more than a couple of billion
Not much action on April 1 from Conficker despite the hype from the press
Maps of Conficker infected clients
Unmasking the GhostNet on NPR not too far away from Eagle Eye
Bill floated to allow president to shut down networks in cyber emergency (or is it April Fool's bill)
Real April Fool's pranks

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