Security Leaks or Stupidity.
It has been already 2 weeks since the news that the Department of Defence had banned USB drives throughout the Pentagon was released. This somehow kept sticking in the back of my head.
Especially since it appears to me it is not the use of USB drives that is to be blamed, but it is their administrators that are unable to setup a secure environment against virusses.
Don't they keep up to date on software technology. It is their sole responsibility to keep the network and its data secure.
The solution of keeping the virus on that USB outside the system would maybe have been as easy as using an Anti-virus checker on each and every computer. More>>
Russian hackers cracked "$1 million site"
Extortioners realized the threat of British student?s site cracking. 21-year old Alex Tew became famous for creation of site, which made him millionaire for 4 months. The idea of "$1 million site" is extremely simple. It represents net of 10 thousands squares with area of 100 pixels each. All persons wishing to place commercial with reference on personal site could buy pixels. The originality of idea and intensive discussion in mass media attracted many clients.
Threatening to crack the site strangers demanded redemption-fee of $50 thousands but Alex refused to pay. The dead line was due January 10 and the site was cracked the next day. More>>
Protect Your Mac from Hackers and Viruses
Though most of the 55,000 known viruses today are specifically written to affect Wintel systems, Macintosh users are not invulnerable to this ever growing security risk. Despite the relative rarity of Mac-infecting viruses, users still need to be cautious about taking necessary precautions to protect their systems.
Some viruses are programmed specifically to damage the data on the computer by corrupting programs, deleting files, or even erasing the entire hard disk. However, many of the currently known Macintosh viruses are not designed to do any damage. More>>
Hackers Crack Cyberspace: increasing hacking in Korea
The sprawling high-speed network in Korea is the pride of the nation with more than 10 million households connected to the broadband Internet, marking the world's highest penetration rate. However, the world-envied infrastructure has also generated some headaches including hacking, which has become more ubiquitous like the network itself.
According to statistics compiled by the Korea Information Security Agency (KISA), domestic hacking cases ballooned 165-fold over the past five years to 26,179 cases in 2003. More>>
