Re: Here is a real reality check for every PC user...

["Jim Franz" <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> .... These new methods of penetration are much harder to detect
> (root kits) and tend to hid better (i.e. the viruses are NOT trashing the
> system but rather planting back doors and key loggers for spamming, 
> identity
> theft, etc).
Unfortunately it's moved to highly profitable criminal activity.
jim franz

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck Lewis" <chuck.lewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users'" <pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 10:00 AM
Subject: RE: [PCTECH] Here is a real reality check for every PC user...


> What fun, eh ?
>
> Sad thing is, at this point in time you would THINK things should have
> gotten better then they were, say 5 years ago; but I really think they 
> have
> gotten worse. These new methods of penetration are much harder to detect
> (root kits) and tend to hid better (i.e. the viruses are NOT trashing the
> system but rather planting back doors and key loggers for spamming, 
> identity
> theft, etc).
>
> Chuck
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 8:44 AM
> To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
> Subject: RE: [PCTECH] Here is a real reality check for every PC user...
>
> I agree with that. I did a project for a park authority once (lots of
> political posturing and such) and one of the board members (lawyer by
> trade) got in my face and demanded that I guarantee that the system I
> had just established (VPN over the Internet) was absolutely hacker
> proof. I refused to do so and told him that any computer system that's
> attached to a network can be compromised. It's just a matter of time,
> talent and resources.
>
>
>
>
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