Etienne A. Gibbs, MSW asked:

Spyware, Keyloggers, Hackers, Cyber Terrorists, Cybercriminals, Cybergangs, etc. These threats are real and the fact is your computer is most likely infected already! Cybercrime is on the rise. You may not be the only one using your computer. Hackers may be using your computers and you may not even know it. Would you ever know it if your computer were taken over and being used by a hacker? Not likely. When a hacker hijacks a computer, the victim rarely knows. A computer that has been hijacked is one that is completely taken over by a hacker, or a group of hackers, to be used for their own purposes. The idea is that the real owner of the computer never knows their system has been hijacked, so the hackers can secretly use it whenever and however they want.

1. Advisory Information
Title: VNC Multiple Integer Overflows
Advisory ID: CORE-2008-1009
Advisory URL: coresecurity.com/content/vnc-integer-overflows/
Date published: 2009-02-03
Date of last update: 2009-02-03
Vendors contacted: UltraVNC, TightVNC
Release mode: Coordinated release

 By Teddy Bennett, remote-access-software.net

I am frequently asked about the security of different remote control software solutions. Are they really safe? Which one of them is the most secure? It’s hard to name one categorically, but thinking of it I came to some interesting conclusions, applying to the security of client-server solutions from data trespass.

By Robert Vamosi, CNET Reviews

Imagine this: You're traveling for business, and for one reason or another, you need to access your work PC. You've thought ahead and installed remote-access software on your desktop system, so you're able to control it remotely from any machine with Internet Explorer or Netscape. You head to the nearest Kinko's, log on to the Net from one of the PCs there, and take care of your business remotely. Works great, right?

Not this time. Once you return to the office, you find you've indirectly caused a security breach. It turns out a hacker gleaned your password by logging your keystrokes on that Kinko's PC and used the info to break into your company's network.