Hi Graham
I went to a meeting in QLD to discuss all things Apple recently and
and an invited guest speaker from AusCert kept us captivated with an
introduction into the world of computer 'espionage'. Amongst numerous
stories he went on to illustrate how hackers are able to do pretty
much anything. He alluded to the fact that since Apple has less of
the market share than say Microsoft, then to a hacker, Apple,
currently, is not worth that much. His stats on the usefulness (or
should I say, uselessness) of major brands of antivirus was very
interesting. Oh...and one of the major avenues of illicit crime has
move from drugs to credit card theft; hackers 'hijack' your details
online and then use these for purchases before security forces are
able to trace them. It was all VERY fascinating.
Their website is http://www.auscert.org.au/ and worth a gander.
One case he discussed involved the disruption of tens of thousands of
PCs in a single hit. These guys clearly, have the capability to stop
major organisations and potentially, small countries. We walked out
of the lecture, grateful that we use Apple, but then making mental
notes to check those backups!
Regards
Phil
Hi All,
While in the process of transfering funds from a NAB account using
safari, the name and bsb details changed to those of someone i do
not know and have not previously paid any money to. Is it possible
for someone to hijack auto form complete or some such? It gave me
a fright and i cancelled and logged out immediately.
Using safari, 10.48, G4 Powerbook,
I've also been having some slow down issues lately,
Graham
-- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List --
Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>
Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>
Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
