Step up and join the fight against anonymous hackers

[David_B]

Recently, security breaches at several websites such as LinkedIn, Yahoo,
and eHarmony have made headlines when each company had their databases
compromised, resulting in millions of passwords being leaked to the
public. Unfortunately, in cases like these, even a secure password
doesn’t help. This is because when a company’s website, database, or
network is compromised the onus is on them, not the user, to protect the
information they are storing.

That’s scary, right?

In a recent keynote during the Black Hat 2012 security conference in Las
Vegas, former FBI official Shawn Henry declared a call to action. He
called upon security enthusiasts to enlist as “warriors to fight the
enemy” in a cyberwar against anonymous attackers who utilize their
skills to compromise government and corporate networks to access
sensitive information.

More, here ......

http://blog.opendns.com/2012/07/31/f...a%2Bprotection

Or http://goo.gl/YHztz

[Virus Guy]

David_B wrote:

> Recently, security breaches at several websites such as LinkedIn,
> Yahoo, and eHarmony have made headlines when each company had
> their databases compromised,
>
> That’s scary, right?
>
> former FBI official Shawn Henry declared a call to action. He
> called upon security enthusiasts to enlist as “warriors to
> fight the enemy” in a cyberwar against anonymous attackers
> who utilize their skills to compromise government and
> corporate networks to access sensitive information.

The only enemy here are gov't and corporate networks that insist on
having, storing, and making use of people's identities private
information.

The only thing that's scary here are people who insist on being stupid
by creating accounts on stupid-ass social forums using their real names
and real personal info.

[Dustin]

Virus Guy <Virus@Guy.com> wrote in news:501A858B.94E5ACD6@Guy.com:

> The only thing that's scary here are people who insist on being stupid
> by creating accounts on stupid-ass social forums using their real names
> and real personal info.

Not to mention running old! insecure OSes and actually suggesting that
others should do the same on modern hardware. That's really stupid.



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