Anybody who is directly connected to the Internet through cable modems or DSL is extremely susceptible to these back-door programs, ... We have seen many, many attacks coming on to those people's machines.
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Mark Kennedy, a software architect, chimes in And our problem is that when you go that deep to try to extract it, you can render the machine unusable. Then you get blamed, rather than the bad guy. ... the bad actors are getting really bad.Vincent Weafer
Setting up this option will alert users to unusual behavior because the user will be asked to confirm the sending of all files.
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We've already approached the IT-ISAC, a forum of security vendors and researchers, and asked them as to whether they can help us form an open discussion. It looks like they're willing to do that.
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From a home-user point of view, I would not panic or worry. But it's a good opportunity to go back and look at your computer practices and see if there's something that can be changed to make the computer a little safer.
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It's designed to get people's anxieties up, ... Hoaxes spread very rapidly, using psychology to spread the information from computer to computer. It clogs up e-mail servers and e-mail boxes. Users are never quite sure what's secure what's not secure.
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