russotto
join:2000-10-05
Collegeville, PA | reply to B777300
Re: Scary reality ...
Unix systems tend to be compromised, when compromised, by attacks directly addressed to the system which is compromised.
Microsoft systems are compromised by attacks addressed "to whom it may concern". |
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B777300
join:2002-01-02
| reply to INHCNN
said by INHCNN  :
said by linicx :
It is very scary if you own a machine with a Microsoft Operating System running it.
Yep, because *nix systems aren't ever compramised. (rolls eyes)
I hope that was a joke, or that would show your ignorance. |
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INHCNN
join:2001-12-15
Lansing, MI
| reply to linicx
said by linicx :
It is very scary if you own a machine with a Microsoft Operating System running it.
Yep, because *nix systems aren't ever compramised. (rolls eyes)
said by linicx :
Until someone gets a handle on this bot...
It's not just *one* bot. I've seen a large variety of IRC bots and FXP sites - and they all contribute to the same problem.
These kinds of activities though are going to be what blows the lid off of the computer underground. You have a lot of kids out there installing root kits, bots, and FTP servers en mass, and it is starting to draw attention. This has always been a problem for people like myself who deal with it everyday, but now the public at large is starting to get involved, and that will change the game.
Although, this is the first time that I've seen it all refered to as "organized crime". When I first read it, I got a chuckle out of it. But if you think about it: pre relase movies, music, and applications are very commonplace in the underground, and that can be used as a platform to call such activities "organized crime". Not that the older stuff isn't crime, it just doesn't have the same life as the major pre-release stuff.
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