RE: Unpleasant news for IT folks

From: Powell, Mark <mark.powell2_at_hp.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:28:48 +0000
Message-ID: <1E24812FBE5611419EFAFC488D7CCDD117CE45E3_at_G5W2734.americas.hpqcorp.net>

1 - You could try to stay off the world wide wasteland or www as it is written

2 - Avoid the use of any IT site that does not belong to a vendor whose product you use

Honestly, about all you can do is keep your security software (firewall, anti-virus, anti-etc...) and OS patching up to date and educate the user community to be careful in what links the user selects. You still have the problem of drive by infections but there is only so much you can do.

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From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Dennis Williams Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 4:26 PM To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: Unpleasant news for IT folks

List,
Since most of us use Google to get quick answer, I don't consider this to be off-topic:

http://www.itnews.com/cybercrime/55724/sex-sites-out-it-sites-cybercrooks-planting-malware?source=ITNEWSNLE_nlt_itndaily_2013-02-12

If anyone has been the victim of something like this or has any suggestions for reducing the risk, please share.

Dennis Williams

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http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l Received on Wed Feb 13 2013 - 16:28:48 CET