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RE: Goddammit
By RedemptionAD on 2/17/2011 12:02:02 PM , Rating: 2
Modern schemes, you don't have to send it , just click open the email.

RE: Goddammit
By Chudilo on 2/17/2011 12:09:19 PM , Rating: 2
Passwords authentication to things is on the way out. It's about time we shifted to something more reliable like certificate exchange and encryption. This way human error could be eliminated.

RE: Goddammit
By woofersus on 2/17/2011 9:53:37 PM , Rating: 2
That's not what the article says happened. And while there are trojan attacks that can exploit vulnerabilities in browsers or email clients, it's actually extremely rare that anybody gets infected only by viewing an email no matter what people on Facebook are claiming about how their account got hacked. I did computer repair and basic network setup and maintenance for several years and by far the number 1 culprit was users that open attachments and click on links or fall for phishing scams. Sometimes they even intentionally install the offending software because a window popped up saying it would make their computer faster or some such thing.

Like I said, this isn't rocket science or advanced IT territory. It's right up there with "don't leave your laptop full of government secrets on the seat of your car with the windows down." I'm sure there were millions spent on all kinds of network security experts, but apparently not much on educating users on how to be safe online.

I understand these people got an email that appeared to be from a superior, but that's why they need to be educated on why that's not safe - just like you should all know that your bank will NEVER EVER ask you to verify your social security number in an email. It's extremely shortsighted not to be putting energy into that.

RE: Goddammit
By RedemptionAD on 2/18/2011 9:23:11 PM , Rating: 2
To attack a governtment computer they don't put forth the same system they would to attack a civilian computer. To target a gov level system you put a bit more on the backend that wouldn't get done for general public based attack. A few more steps to the dance so to speak. But its just as invisible to the general governement person running a computer.

