cized lack of providing a “this is really true” type of verification could be a valuable tool to malicious folks bent on causing more havoc across the world.
We've been covering a lot of security issues recently, and we can only hope that everyone–from a small company sysadmin to the home user to whoever ends up coordinating the government's new cyber-security efforts–will start taking computer system protection measures more seriously.
USER COMMENTS 8 comment(s)
|Good pointer (10:46am EST Fri Sep 28 2001)
Thanks for the advice! – by Sammy Bin Liner
|Question? (11:06am EST Fri Sep 28 2001)
Is everybody else sick of hearing the word 'Cyber' every 20 seconds or so? Can't we just let it die quietly like 'The Information Superhighway' did? Please? – by Pete Reid
|this got to be funny…..whats wrong what these people (11:38am EST Fri Sep 28 2001)
just by logging on as a sysadmin without a password! – by mmmmm
|CyberThreat (12:34pm EST Fri Sep 28 2001)
CyberTerrorists will attack whenever they find an opportunuity. In order to keep our cybersystems safe, we need to enact cyber-countermeasures and do cyber investigations of individuals known to do cybercrimes.
My thinking? I'm going to go pour myself a tall glass of spiced apple cyber. – by F Theilig
|I'm shocked (1:03pm EST Fri Sep 28 2001)
FAA systems that are still insecure?? Are these the same systems that GWB was talking about yesterday to take control of an aircraft and land it remotely?
Right now, I feel perfectly secure on commercial aircraft. But, if GWB installs groundbased flight control systems on the planes like he spoke about yesterday, I'll never set foot in an aircraft again. Think about it, Flight Simulator and War Games!!
– by Get a Grip
|a bit off topic: no need for cyber terrorists (1:44pm EST Fri Sep 28 2001)
Hate to say that, but this is a real story: 4 armors were sent to defend a local VOA building.
Unit A broke down somewhere in the country, unable to move. Unit B did better and finished off just one crossing away from the building as battery ran out.
Soldiers decided to move a third unit back, to recharge the battery of unit B. But the traffic jam they created got out of hand, so they could not move units B and C.
So police were summoned for to handle the traffic. As it usually happens, their “optimization” increased the 10-mile lines to more than 20 miles and the city traffic collapsed completely.
Seems to me that we do not need any (cyber) terrorists to wreak havoc :(( – by jac
|Thanks to MS (7:58pm EST Fri Sep 28 2001)
Yeh, its interesting that as more Microsoft software is deployed, the bugs, viruses, and hacls goes up. I think these IT directors need to look at that trend and see that MS software is costing them money and possibly risking our National security.
They're increasing the licensing costs anyhow and are no longer going to release free patches.
It's time to tell Microsoft to go to hell. They are making things worse instead of better.
I'm going back to UNIX, it is much safer, more robust, and more reliable.
|No one to take the position… (1:57pm EST Sat Sep 29 2001)
Gee, I can't *imagine* why no one could be found to take a low paying Federal job where you have to submit to a body-cavity background search, and pee in a cup only to work within a bureaucracy that's glacial slow…
I mean, compared to a company which just makes sure you weren't a felon, and doesn't care if you smoke pot outside of work or not and makes a decision in the hallway, and doesn't subject you to all sorts of monitoring – working for the Feds is just paradise – by hehehe