Threat of viruses
Societies around the world are just learning about the level of importance of computer security against virus attacks and the critical significance of cyber crime. Companies around the world lose vast amounts of time, money and resources due to the lack of defense systems and knowledge. Companies must ensure that the all data processing equipment like computers, routers and networks are robust and secure to withstand any type of malicious attack. The following report details some of the more common malicious code specifically viruses, explaining some of the damage, which these very powerful viruses can inflict on to any computer that it is not well prepared for this kinds of attacks. Armstrong (July 2000, p1), states that: 'February's (2000) big story for the information security marketplace was the distributed denial-of-service attacks, which rendered the likes of Yahoo, eBay, and E*Trade helpless. Most recently, news of the LoveBug hit. While statisticians still grapple with the costs associated with recuperating from this newest bug's sting, the latest reports indicate that approximately 90 per cent of networks worldwide were affected. Recovery costs associated with the LoveBug are est
The ANSI bomb An "ANSI bomb" is a sequence of characters, usually embedded in a text file, that reprograms various keyboard functions of computers with ANSI console (screen and keyboard) drivers. Such a possibility however, need not translate into much of a threat. It is rare for modern software to require the computer it runs on to have an ANSI console, so few PCs or other machines should load ANSI drivers. Armstrong, l., 2000, Beating the Bad Guys: Designing Secure Systems, [ONLINE]. Available at URL: http://www.check-mark.com/securecomputing/2000_07/special/special. Carrol, J.M. 1997,"Computer Security",3rd Edition, Buttleworth-Heinemann, MA, P33. Pfleeger, C.P., 1997, "Security in Computing", Prentice -Hall Inc., NJ. P. 517. imated to range from about $600 million upwards to a big $10 billion. Along with all these woes, companies also have to fend off attacks, not only from the outside, but more importantly from inside.
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