-Unpatched Windows PCs "Own3d" In Less Than Four Minutes (or Maybe 16 Hours)
(July 14, 2008)Researchers at the Internet Storm Center estimate that it takes aboutfour minutes for an unpatched Windows PC to be compromised once itconnects to the Internet. The survival time has consistently droppedover the past years due to the increasing number of worms and virusesand hackers using more and more automated attacking tools. However, aresearcher with the German Honeypot Project claims the survival time ismuch higher than 4 minutes and in fact is nearer 16 hours. Either way,both researchers agree that systems that are not set up with a secureconfiguration, fully patched, and protected appropriately should not beconnected to the Internet. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9109938&source=rss_topic17 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/15/unpatched_pc_survival_drops/ [Editor' Note (Paller): Compromised PCs enable malicious access throughVPNs to critical systems. This is why the secure configurations underthe Federal Desktop Core Configuration are so valuable. Companiesaround the world are beginning to use them, because they make computersfar harder to compromise and because it saves money and keeps you moresecure through Microsoft testing patches for you. The patches can beinstalled immediately on all conforming systems without wasted patchtesting time and cost.] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
