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From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 07:59:35 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: Udhay Shankar N <udhay () pobox com> Date: January 7, 2007 7:07:02 AM EST To: dave () farber netSubject: Re: [IP] Attack of the Zombie Computers Is a Growing Threat, Experts Say
At 05:54 AM 1/7/2007, David Farber wrote:
With growing sophistication, they are taking advantage of programs that secretly install themselves on thousands or even millions of personal computers, band these computers together into an unwitting army of zombies, and use the collective power of the dragooned network to commit Internet crimes.
All of which is possible only because insecure systems are made available to unwitting users. Bruce Schneier has it right when he says that "The only way to fix this problem is for vendors to fix their software, and they won't do it until it's in their financial best interests to do so." i.e., there needs to be financial liability involved, like in the credit card business.
One example of Schneier's thoughts on this issue is here: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2004/11/computer_securi.html Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) ------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ipArchives at: Archives: http://archives.listbox.com/247/
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