Re: Data-Stealing Trojan Disclosure Frustrates Researchers, Vendors, and L aw Enforcement

[Rick Wesson <wessorh () ar com>]

I talked to the reporter ( Jim Finkle ) he didn't know most of the
common security acronyms and at one point asked "...what DOS - Disk
Operating System had to do with any of this stuff."

He had just started on Enterprise Security 2 weeks ago because Reuters
didn't have enough articles on this stuff.

I like what Previx did and WTF, if this information is public why not
point it out.. If reporting on it causes harm, pull you pants back up.

-rick




Paul Ferguson wrote:
> Via InformationWeek.
>
> [snip]
>
> There are two questions in the realm of IT security that simply won't go
> away: Can cybercrooks successfully attack at will, and are those who report
> the details of these attacks causing more harm than good?
>
> The revelation earlier this week by a security vendor and research firm
> that a Trojan-horse may have stolen sensitive information from hundreds of
> businesses and government entities has revived this heated debate.
>
> [snip]
>
> More:
> http://www.informationweek.com/software/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=2010018
> 60
>
> Background:
> http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSN1638118020070717
>
> - ferg

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"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg(at)netzero.net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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