IBM Report: Software Security Vulnerabilities Will Continue to Rise in 2007
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| The most popular exploit used on the Internet to infect Web browsers
| with malware was for Microsoft's MS-ITS vulnerability (MS04-013),
| disclosed in 2004.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070130/20070130005198.html?.v=1
Just confirming that nothing will truly be done to resolve a huge issue that
was created by a monoculture relying on poor implementation.
Related:
Net pioneer predicts overwhelming botnet surge
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| Internet pioneer Vint Cerf has warned high-powered attendees at
| the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that the Internet
| is at serious risk from botnets.
|
| [...]
|
| The most worrying thing about Spam Thru, he suspects, is
| that a major spike in traffic toward the end of 2006 was
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| merely a testing of the waters and that much worse could
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| be to come--particularly when other similarly sophisticated
| botnets appear online.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6154221.html
Botnet 'pandemic' threatens to strangle the net
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| Cerf estimated that between 100 million and 150 million of the
| 600 million PCs on the internet are under the control of hackers,
| the BBC reports. "Despite all that, the net is still working,
| which is pretty amazing. It's pretty resilient," he said.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/26/botnet_threat/
Perspective: Microsoft security--no more second chances?
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| CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says the software maker is running out
| of excuses for a history of poor security.
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| As if Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff didn't have enough on
| his plate.
|
| Not only has he had to deal with Katrina and Osama. Now he's also got to
| whip Steve Ballmer and the crew at Microsoft into shape. If past is
| prologue, that last task may be the most daunting of all.
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http://news.com.com/2010-1002_3-6104512.html?part=rss&tag=6104512&subj=news
Homeland Security not ready for Cyber Storm
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| In June, the Business Roundtable issued a report saying that "the
| United States is not sufficiently prepared for a major attack, software
| incident or natural disaster that would lead to disruption of large parts
| of the Internet" and that coordinating a response to such an attack
| or disaster should be turned over to the Department of Homeland
| Security.
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http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/09/18/homeland-security-not-ready-for-cyber-storm/
Russian expert: Terrorists may try cyberattacks
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| A Russian computer security expert predicts that terrorists could
| seek to target the country's critical infrastructure through
| electronic warfare, a strategy that could raise the stakes in
| how Russia handles computer crime.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=2104593093&rid=-50
EveryDNS, OpenDNS Under Botnet DDoS Attack
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| The last time the Web mob (spammers and phishers using botnets)
| decided to go after a security service, Blue Security was forced
| to fold and collateral damage extended to several businesses,
| including Six Apart.
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http://securitywatch.eweek.com/exploits_and_attacks/everydns_opendns_under_botnet_ddos_attack.html
Cisco exec: Windows Vista is scary
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| "Parts of Vista scare me," Gleichauf said at the Gartner Security Summit
| here on Monday. "Anything with that level of systems complexity will have
| new threats, as well as bringing new solutions. It's always a struggle
| in security, trying to build for what you don't know."
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6116823.html
Vista a 'threat' to the national security of India
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| As Mr Bombay Watcher says on his blog, Microsoft has a cosy partnership
| with the CIA, so perhaps the world should take care and caution when it
| comes time to upgrade. We're pretty certain Windows 3.1 would be a safe
| bet. He seems particularly worried about the national security of India,
| as it does, of course, have some conflicting interests with the US
| of A.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34979
Study: Billions of dollars spent on security
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| Large U.S. businesses will spend $61 billion on security by the end
| of this year, representing 7.3 percent of total IT budgets in the
| country, according to a new report from Info-Tech Research Group.
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http://news.com.com/2110-7350_3-6135989.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
Internet criminals to step up "cyberwar" in 2007
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| "It is definitely an area that is ripe for more exploitation by
| malware (malicious software)," said Ed English, Trend Micro's
| Chief Technology Officer for anti-spyware.
|
| People could find their computers infected with viruses that
| secretly record all their keystrokes or send out millions of
| spam email messages.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061211/wr_nm/britain_cybercrime_dc
Thinking ahead of the spammers
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| Some 80 percent of spam originates from botnets - megagangs of
| virus-infected PCs controlled remotely. "This is probably the
| biggest threat to the Internet since it was created and
| commercialised.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36496
2007 could be the year of the hacker
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| According to Reuters, computer hackers will open "a new front" in
| a multi-billion pound "cyberwar" in 2007, targeting mobile phones,
| instant messaging and community Web sites such as MySpace.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36479
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