The hundred-thousand-dollar screensaver

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Dr. Dave tells how a law firm’s weekend upgrade was blamed when its network failed, until technicians moved beyond that assumption and found a new virus spread through a free screensaver. He uses the reported cost and shutdown to show that human behavior matters as much as technical defenses.

3:44 · Consulting Philosophy

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Proposed recording date: 2005-03-26. The exact broadcast date may differ.

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