The Cult of the Dead Cow member says we can't depend on the media to reveal the true perils of PC security. "What you should really be concerned about are worms and trojans getting onto your system without you knowing-- systems on your network being controlled by other people without the knowledge of their actual operators. Not only can these compromised computers be used to hack into other computers, but they can sit silently on your network collecting whatever data goes by them-- passwords, personal information, credit card numbers, anything."