44 ordspråk av Vincent Weafer
Vincent Weafer
These threats worked by exploiting weaknesses in the VBS script interpreter which have since been addressed by Microsoft since the threats have diminished and there is already OS level protection we didn't need this additional layer of security.
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This first Macintosh OS X threat is an example of the continuing spread of malicious code on to other platforms.
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This is a relatively old vulnerability.
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This is simply not vandalism; it's not somebody's machine which gets taken over temporarily. It's a very serious damage to someone to have their identity stolen and taken from them.
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We determined that a significant amount of these were new machines that were Christmas gifts going online and not getting security patches onto them.
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We have speculated that attackers would turn their attention to other platforms, and two back-to-back examples of malicious code targeting Macintosh OS X this week illustrates this emerging trend.
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We think users can be very safe online if they take the best practices out there and just practice a bit of Internet safety.
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We're losing the tsunami effect and instead getting wave after wave of smaller, more intense attacks to get on your machine and steal useful information.
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We're trying to reinforce here that we're not talking about a virus, or malicious code, we're talking about technology that could be misused, ... We're trying to work co-operatively.
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We've already approached the IT-ISAC, a forum of security vendors and researchers, and asked them as to whether they can help us form an open discussion. It looks like they're willing to do that.
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We've also launched recently a consumer threat meter, which allows users to surf safely online.
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What we are saying is that attackers are increasingly targeting your assets and your private information,
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While this particular worm is not fully functional, the source code could be easily modified by a future attacker to do damage. Macintosh users should be diligent about installing patches to their operating systems as this will prevent attacks of this type.
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You will start to see more exploits, but only because Apple has garnered a lot of attention in the past year.
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