I present to you my second post for the semester. This recent article from CIO caught my attention as spamming is one of the topics that have been going on since the introduction of computers so to say. The first link talks about the recent “Here you have” worm that caused a great deal even for a few minutes by debilitating email networks of corporate giants such as NASA, Google, Wells Fargo, Disney to name a few. And the second link is a video putting forth the feelings of the hacker. We all are aware of the technological advancement that these IT companies have shown in the recent past, and yet are soft targets for hackers. This makes us think where the stance of technology and its security in today’s market is. For example, shelling out billions and billions of dollars to create a space shuttle, but compromising on its security and providing a key to hackers can be the worst ever nightmare of a scientist.
The spammers have always been in the spotlight for creating new viruses and attack systems, dodging big companies and common people. According to the above article, the spam was not created for mere pleasure of the hacker but his feelings on a sensitive issue. The person who took “credit” for this spam seemed to be from Iraq and did this for his unacceptability of the US war in Iraq. But thanks to him for he declared that he did not want to smash any of the systems he had got control on.
The security experts had mentioned that this virus was “not particularly sophisticated”. So what are we expecting, wait for a virus that can be put under the category of “technologically sophisticated” and recreate history once again. Experience with Anna Kournikova and other such worms that were widespread during the early 2000s had kept anti-virus programmers on their toes to prevent their occurrences once again. But looks like even after a decade, the companies take a step behind to invest more in IT security. Why is that so?
One could easily blame the anti-virus creators and IT security personnel, but these attacks can be looked at as new diseases cropping up even against the best medicines. In my opinion, may be one of the solutions can be to create anti viruses by getting into the shoes of a spammer or hiring the best spammers in the world and paying them huge amounts to prevent the attacks from their so called brothers. Spending an extra dollar for IT security is the best deal to prevent huge losses, but finding a brain that is worthy of that extra dollar is also a big hunt.
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