Being on the HIP2B² website, reading this article points to the fact that you’re probably relatively computer savvy.  You won’t call yourself a ‘techy’ or a ‘hacker’ but you know what HTML, ‘wilf’ and spam refer to (or kind of).

What most of us don’t know is what a huge threat the simple and humble software bug poses for our computerized world…

Hip decided to peer into the world of viruses, worms, Trojans and zombies to determine exactly what happens when your computer crashes (And no – I didn’t accidentally mix this article with the one I’m doing on The Relevancy of Greek Mythology in the Resurrection of Dead Bugs. For some or other reason, the computer world seems to have a fascination with all of the above when naming these ‘mishaps’…). Today’s computer malfunctions don’t always end in a crash though…expert programmers are concocting creative ways to infiltrate data.

So, without further ado: Let’s get techy. Watch this space for more info on exactly how they go about doing it.

In the meanwhile...