"2004 was the year of the Netsky," Sophos senior technology consultant Graham Cluley said in a report covering a period from December 2003 to last month. Sophos is an international provider of virus & other types of security software.
"Netsky-P," allegedly written by German teenager Sven Jaschan in March, tops a list of the top ten viruses & hoaxes reported to that company.
An article posted by Enterprise Security Today comments that "virus writers took off their gloves in 2004, with the more inventive hackers focusing more on developing sphisticated malware for financial gains... One recent and quite worrisome example being the lastest generation of phishing attacks: those waiting for users to visit real banking websites and then monitoring & secretly recording login processes."
CNN.com this morning reports that computer-security experts, including former government officials, are urging the Bush administration to devote more effort to strengthening defenses against hackers and other online threats," including giving the Homeland Security Department more authority to oversee cyber security.
Meanwhile, a second news article on MSNBC.com reports, internet companies and law enforcement agaencies will be working more closely together to track down online scam artists involved in phishing.
Ohio and many other states are working on these situations. See my previous posting on spam laws and David's on Ohio's spam felony efforts.
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