Computer crime widespread

User Comments: 11

1. January 23, 2006 1:01 PM
   asphix said:
   32 million?! Thats rediculous! This just helps to illustrate how much we need a very solid security solution that is easy to use and just makes sense!
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2. January 23, 2006 1:22 PM
   mentaljedi said:
   Actually 23 million means nothing unless compared to something. But for businesses alond, yes its pretty bad but nothing for the likes of the US giants. Still annoying. That said, they haven't take into account the worst hit... us.
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3. January 23, 2006 2:03 PM
   nathanskywalker said:
   [quote]While organizations are becoming more vigilant about computer security risks, only 90 percent of organizations that experienced attacks reported them to law enforcement, according to an FBI statement.Attacks by computer viruses and worms continued to be the most common kinds of attacks reported by the organizations surveyed by the FBI. [/quote]While on first site these numbers may look surprising, i would argue otherwise. One virus can affect many users. And if you look closlely(read between the lines now) the extent of exposer is not mentioned. They simply state that 90% of people polled say that they have encounterd spyware, malware or whatever of some kind. This could simply mean that their scanner picked up a few not-so-deadly toy viruses and the FBI is blowing things way out of proportion in order to keep people parnoid and buying firewalls. While that may be an exageration^, i hardly think that the problem is that sever, and you must, of course, take into account the large number of novince users who have absolutely no understanding of what a virus is, or how to stay away from them. Therefore i would think, that much of their troubles were do to their own ignorance. Mabye i'm wrong, but while i definently agree that viruses and such may be a pain, i don't think the situation is all that serious. Not quite enough to evoke such paranio as the FBI seem to be attemting to evoke.
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4. January 23, 2006 2:56 PM
   Phantasm66 said:
   [b]Originally posted by nathanskywalker:[/b][quote] This could simply mean that their scanner picked up a few not-so-deadly toy viruses and the FBI is blowing things way out of proportion in order to keep people parnoid and buying firewalls.[/quote]Firewalls that are [url=http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=29157]spying on us[/url]!
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5. January 23, 2006 2:57 PM
   DragonMaster said:
   Anti-viruses, spam filters, spyware removers and firewalls are getting better but what are they doing of what's in front of the computer screen? There is so much people that click on everything out there.
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6. January 23, 2006 3:05 PM
   Phantasm66 said:
   [b]Originally posted by DragonMaster:[/b][quote]There is so much people that click on everything out there.[/quote]from: paypal staffsubject: your paypal accountI write to you to say your Paypal acccount needs renewed. Please click on the URL above to fix your account, you will need to supply your credit card details.
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7. January 23, 2006 4:12 PM
   all_one_Mind said:
   [b]Originally posted by Phantasm66:[/b][quote][b]Originally posted by DragonMaster:[/b][quote]There is so much people that click on everything out there.[/quote]from: paypal staffsubject: your paypal accountI write to you to say your Paypal acccount needs renewed. Please click on the URL above to fix your account, you will need to supply your credit card details.[/quote]lol. That's the sad truth. My IT department had it's crappy old Windows NT 4 server hacked, and then the hackers used it as an SMPT server to send out thousands of spam emails. The CTO pulled his hair out because there was critical information on the box that prevented him from formatting the system, and the attacker had completey captured all the accounts and changed their passwords.
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8. January 23, 2006 5:25 PM
   JMag034 said:
   Using Linux only descreases your threat of Cyber attack. It seems that because Windows is so popular hackers only target it. It is a flaw that Microsoft gets with its popularity.
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9. January 23, 2006 7:19 PM
   DragonMaster said:
   [b]Originally posted by Phantasm66:[/b][quote][b]Originally posted by DragonMaster:[/b][quote]There is so much people that click on everything out there.[/quote]from: paypal staffsubject: your paypal accountI write to you to say your Paypal acccount needs renewed. Please click on the URL above to fix your account, you will need to supply your credit card details.[/quote]And when you put the mouse over the link you see sites like the following in the status bar:[url]http://http-www-pay-pal-com.biz/fdsfs53[/url][url]h
   tp://???.???.???.???:?????/pay-pal-renew00/[/url]And even if it's told in big letters to visit paypal.com directly and NOT to click on the link people do it.
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10. January 24, 2006 1:43 AM
    exscind said:
    Rather than spending money buying licensed antivirus/antispam/anti-everything softwares, companies should direct some of those funds to educating their employees and workers on proper netiquette. Not the proper greeting kind (though can't hurt), but on the do's and do not's of everyday work related to the Internet. Softwares and program applications can only take security so far; people is still the last essential element in raising security. No antivirus program will help fight viruses and worms if the user is unaware of the situation and oblivious to the potential dangers of say opening suspicious e-mails or providing private/corporate information. Only by educating people will the risk of getting attacked decrease.
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11. January 24, 2006 5:48 AM
    otmakus said:
    The more effective way to reduce internet crimes is to punish the crimedoers more severely. There are lots of advertising warning that "Your computer has been infected by spyware!!! Click HERE to remove it", and when an unsuspecting internet user click the link, the website then infect the computer with a malware, and charge some money to "clean" it. There are also lots of spammers, phishers, which can actually be traced back, but the government can't/won't do anything about it.It's a wonder 90% of the organizations which were attacked reported it to the law enforcement. Nothing would be done afterall. It's a waste of time and energy.
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