An Internet of Criminals – A Look Behind the Scenes (Part 2)
Written on April 29, 2009 by Jerson
Meanwhile, the cure the anti-virus programmers are not always perfect, so it can be considered a first response which may not fully contain the situation. This is where people make the biggest mistake in their security platform, that the programs they have installed are there to protect and prevent whilst the truth cannot be farther from the truth for the infection has already been active, way before it was detected. The follow-up security updates to security software makes the necessary adjustments enough to cope with the spread, halting it in it’s track, hopefully. The false security we feel works only if the threat is known which is true for variants of already known threats. New viruses are only known as much as the programmers who race to find a cure for it can work.
The internet of criminals is here and is currently working, ready to exploit the latest security flaw left unpatched by the millions of developers the world over. The threat is real and the well publicized closure of an identified malware spreading site and the arrest and conviction of a botnet creator is only the tip of the iceberg. Even the experts know of this which makes knowledge the key to surviving the internet and the malware it brings to our doors. Our saying that security software is quite futile doesn’t say it is totally useless, but rather to provide us with better chances of surviving the problems we face each day. having security software is only effective against known threats but at least it’s a start.
The internet will never be truly a safe place for any of us mere humans who are becoming victims of the technology we ourselves have created. Having security is a start, but knowing what to do and to help make the better world by reporting malware sites and spam is another little way we can all help each other, to survive the monster and friend we all use everyday, the monster that is the internet that brings harm to our desktops each and every minute of the connected day.
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