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| The sword of insecurity |
Page 3 of 4 Again in simple terms, these are deployments utilising multiple domains linked to multiple IP addresses, which rotate toward new IP's on a regular basis, and do so again, and again, potentially consuming thousands of IP addresses. When this approach is employed it makes it almost impossible to quickly take down such deployments, which are most likely compromised systems anyway. Another low point in the world of insecurity is that many large businesses do not report security issues and events, e.g. DoS, and phishing, to the high tech crime units. There is still a very strong opinion in the corporate world, that the only way to protect reputation is to not reveal any information outside of the company, but this actually serves an injustice, to both the company under attack, as well as to the wider community. By sharing such information and intelligence with the law enforcement community, it will empower them to analyse the information, therefore, enabling operations like the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), and their associates to have a real time snap-shot of what is actually happening. In addition, such agencies will also have access to the footprint, breadth, and depth of attack, thus enabling them to pin point the perpetrator through cooperation with other serious crime agencies (where necessary) to track down the masters, and put them where they belong - behind bars. Organisations who do reveal security incidents to law enforcement can be assured that the information will be treated confidentially (covered by the SOCA Act 2005) and will most certainly not be publicised onward. However, there would seem to be good news on the horizon, as there has been a significant decline in the number of viruses, and worms arriving at the PC, but again this is just another sign of the times. When viruses first appeared in their early active states, whilst it was a real issue for most employed in the world of computing, in many cases such infestations were all about the notoriety of their creators - Cascade, Brain, Coffee-Shop, are such examples. |
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