Return-Path: <sentto-279987-4144-1009518321-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Thu, 27 Dec 2001 21:47:08 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 10670 invoked by uid 510); 28 Dec 2001 05:45:41 -0000 Received: from n23.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.73) by all.net with SMTP; 28 Dec 2001 05:45:41 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-4144-1009518321-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [216.115.97.165] by n23.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 28 Dec 2001 05:45:20 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_1_3); 28 Dec 2001 05:45:21 -0000 Received: (qmail 49515 invoked from network); 28 Dec 2001 05:45:20 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.171) by m11.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 28 Dec 2001 05:45:20 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (12.232.125.69) by mta3.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 28 Dec 2001 05:45:19 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id fBS5jr804218 for iwar@onelist.com; Thu, 27 Dec 2001 21:45:53 -0800 Message-Id: <200112280545.fBS5jr804218@red.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> X-Yahoo-Profile: fcallnet Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 21:45:53 -0800 (PST) Subject: [iwar] [fc:Security.by.remote.control] Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Security by remote control BBC News, 12/27/2001 <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1723000/1723447.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1723000/1723447.stm> Viruses are getting smarter and more prevalent Broadband net users in the UK who are worried that their PCs could be subverted by malicious hackers can now let anti-virus companies keep an eye on their machines for them. Security company McAfee has launched a subscription service that uses the web to protect a PC against viruses and attacks by computer vandals. For a monthly fee, subscribers get anti-virus software and a firewall designed to keep personal information on a PC secure. Research commissioned by McAfee has revealed that many net users are not doing enough to protect themselves against the most common types of attacks. Hack attacks Atri Chatterjee, a spokesman for McAfee, said although a lot of people used stand-alone anti-virus programs many forgot to update them regularly, leaving them vulnerable to viruses that exploited recently found loopholes. Even those who used a personal firewall to protect themselves and their computer from unwelcome intruders could be caught out by the sheer number of security vulnerabilities and patch programs that were reported every week, he said. A study by anti-virus company MessageLabs found that the number of viruses circulating on the net has leapt in the last year. In 2000, MessageLabs was stopping a virus every 700 e-mails. Now, the figure is one virus in every 370 messages. Research has found that those who use broadband net connections are at real risk of attack from malicious hackers and computer vandals. Because broadband connections are "always on", attackers typically have more time to find and try to penetrate computers linked to the net in this way. Computers online via a broadband link have proved very popular with vandals who use them as proxies to carry out "denial of service attacks" in which a target machine is bombarded with bogus data packets. Remote control For £17.95 a year, McAfee will take on the burden of updating anti-virus software for customers to ensure that they stay protected against viruses. For an extra £20.95 per annum, subscribers get a firewall managed remotely by McAfee that keeps out those that want to harvest personal information from a computer or recruit that machine for a future attack. Both programs are updated, managed and monitored via the web by McAfee. "Three out of four people are surfing naked and are open to all kinds of hacking attempts," said Mr Chatterjee. The McAfee security subscription service has been running in the US since April 1999 and now has more than 1.2 million customers. The service is available now in the UK and Germany and will be rolled out to 12 more countries in 2002. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> FREE COLLEGE MONEY CLICK HERE to search 600,000 scholarships! http://us.click.yahoo.com/G_L2TD/4m7CAA/ySSFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! 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