10 of the Worst Moments in Network Security History

re: 10 of the worst moments in network security historyBy Anonymous on November 5, 2008, 8:23 amShould update your history with the work of Cliff Stohl. The PBS series NOVA did a nice piece on his work in discovering a missing few cents in a University's accounting record. Brought attention to the international aspects of network security and the need for the cooperation of various institutions (telephone companies, law enforcement etc.). I believe the culprit was found in Germany. The culprits methods of intrusion and international dimension he brought out are very relevant to today's network security concerns and the fight against cyber crime.

Cuckoos EggBy Anonymous on July 20, 2008, 5:25 amNo mention of Cliff Stoll; shame on you!

its never going to stop...By Anonymous on May 28, 2008, 7:27 ami believe, such attacks are never going to stop. the more advancement in technology, more ways to break it.

Patriot ACT ?By Anonymous on May 26, 2008, 6:20 pmDude, FCC by law passed by Roosevelt 1940's allows recording all transmission by electric pulses. In 1950's, a law was passed allowing all recording to be sifted for key elements deemed potentially hazardous to US interests. If you have microfiche available at your library, you can see all the complaining and lawsuits did not prevail. The Partriot Act prevents the US from going after non-terrorist targets such as Mafia, drug cartels, illegal lobbying of congress, bribes such as ABSCAM.

XP was the worst moment in 'net historyBy wmarti on March 14, 2008, 5:09 pmXP was released with a better performing TCP/IP stack but NO improvement on Microsoft's "convenience is king" attitude. Go ahead and make everything work only if you log on as Administrator... Privilege escalation was rearely needed, and a vanilla desktop could spew out 100Mbps of ..."stuff".

Our GovernmentBy Anonymous on March 14, 2008, 4:35 pmThe recent revelation that the phone and internet companies have been spying on us all illegally since 2001.

Who do you trust...By tkopczynski on March 14, 2008, 1:17 am

In my opinion, the worst moment in network security history isn't a particular moment at all.  Instead, it's the ongoing lack of good information security governance in a majority of IT organizations.  The fact that at best, current numbers show that 80% or more of security incidents are still centered around internal employees or resources is just sad.  Throw in the trend towards managed services, out-sourcing, greater federation, and SaaS we might be in for a bumpy ride.

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Patriott Act & Patriott Act IIBy Anonymous on March 13, 2008, 1:57 pmFor a different perspective on the deadly impact of the Patriot Act, I recommend this entertaining piece by SF writer Dan Simmons published in April 2006. http://www.dansimmons.com/news/message/2006_04.htm Here are a few snips: "The Time Traveler appeared suddenly in my study on New Year’s Eve, 2004. He was a stolid, grizzled man in a gray tunic and looked to be in his late-sixties or older. He also appeared to be the veteran of wars or of some terrible accident . . . . "“I had almost forgotten about your fears of your, our . . . civil liberties . . . being abridged by our own government back in these last stupidity-allowed years of 2005 and 2006 and 2007 . . . . " DJ

10 worst moments in network securityBy Anonymous on March 12, 2008, 9:12 pmMay be not the worst... on March 6, 1992, the Michelangelo trojan was unleached... it caused some problems (this was at the time when there were only about 1,000 viruses out there) - anyway, the funny part was when DaVinci was reported to have shipped CDs of their software with the Michelangelo virus; in other words, Michelangelo infected Davinci ;-)

Severity is Perceptual...By Anonymous on March 12, 2008, 5:37 pmYour selection of events very much reflects your owner's profit. Perhaps telling everyone that httpS *key* negotiation is transfered over the same wire as the "encrypted" bank data? I didn't design Part 15 FCC Rules: "This Device Must Accept Interference, including Interference that may cause undesired operation" Http://BlueNorway.Org Welcome to America.

PATRIOT 1&2 et alBy Anonymous on March 12, 2008, 3:42 pmI have to agree with ralphie. The fact that the US government nows sucks up all internet traffic and analyzes the data for use against people is so unreal and Orwellian no one would have expected it in the USA. But it is here, and ignoring it will not make it go away. Why this isn't considered illegal search and seizure just goes to show how far down the rabbit hole we have actually fallen. But this is certainly the biggest, and most threatening change to the internet since it was created. And is certainly one of the worst moments for networking and human rights.