[pchelpers] News:Cybercrime reports: Security not broken, but breaking at the seams

By Ron Condon, U.K. Bureau Chief
31 Dec 2008 | SearchSecurity.co.uk

In early December, the New York Times ran a story headlined 'Thieves
Winning Online War, Maybe Even in Your Computer', and began with the
assertion: "Internet security is broken, and nobody seems to know quite
how to fix it." 

The article then went on to cite some mind-blowing statistics to
substantiate the claim. For instance, according to the Georgia Tech
Information Security Center, 15% of all PCs connected to the Internet
have been turned into spambots, unwittingly spreading spam and malware
to other users. With the world population of Internet users estimated to
be nearing 1.5 billion, botnets consisting of several hundred thousand
machines are becoming the norm. 

This is hardly surprising. The Internet is used mostly by people who
have little or no concept of the threats, and who will happily respond
to 419 scams, phishing emails and unsolicited messages. They are easy
prey for those who want to hijack their machines.

More here:
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.co.uk/news/article/0,289142,sid180_gci1343890,00.html?track=sy920
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