[RTC List] 60 Minutes story: The Internet is Infected

[robert beckerdite]

There was an email i sent out a couple of days ago about Conficker and the First... I am running around to all my clients right now ensuring they are secure from this potential risk.   

Robert Beckerdite
Senior Engineer and Owner
Beckerdite Consulting
(707) 703-1528
www.beckerdite.com



 
> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:47:12 -0700
> From: jankrpln at humboldt1.com
> To: List at redwoodtech.org
> Subject: [RTC List] 60 Minutes story: The Internet is Infected
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> I am very surprised to not find anyone posting to the RTC list today,
> anything about last night's "60 Minutes" story describing among other
> things:
> 
> - 15,000 new viruses created every day.
> - Symantics now sends their virus updates out every five minutes.
> - The Russian connection to malware (young hackers and no enforcement).
> - The Conficker virus, currently residing in 10 million computers focusing
> on corporations (in some for months) and awaiting instructions for
> something on April 1st.
> 
> This fascinating story can be found at:
> 
> http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/27/60minutes/main4897053.shtml?source=mostpop_story
> 
> When a credible source like "60 Minutes" does this sort of story something
> is going on. To me Internet malware seems like the gorilla in the room. 
> It is analogous to the Presidential Daily Briefing in August right before
> the tragic events of 9/11. A top-to-bottom review should be ordered by
> governments and also by technology companies. The Internet has already
> been used in association with terrorist activities and warfare (recent
> cyberwar actions from both sides when Russia sent troops into Georgia in
> August). Does anyone doubt that the Internet is not a target and a
> vehicle for great damage done by terrorists and sociopaths?
> 
> I personally don't think anything will really happen April 1st, but I am
> amazed that we are at the moment losing that battle - and that more isn't
> being organized on the international level among governments similar to
> international public health policies, laws, and enforcement. Viruses and
> worms are apt terms indeed.
> 
> Jan Kraepelien
> 
> 
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