Everybody Gets Hacked But You. An FBI survey shows 90 percent of respondents have been hacked and cracked in the past year -- but the general consumer still has little to worry about, experts say. By Michelle Delio. [Wired News]
"Except for a virus delivered by e-mail, most home users are unlikely to be affected by the security holes that have been plaguing the corporate world," Paul McNabb, deputy director of the Center for Advanced Research in Information Security, said. "Very few hackers have much interest in attacking home computers."
Wow, I hate this kind of talk. "You're just a home user. You don't really need to worry about security. Just don't open any email attachments and you'll be fine." Then, baamm! Home users get hit in a big way. This is called reactive security.
I take a different view. If you have an always on Internet connection, even if it's a dial-up modem connection, you need to pay attention to security.
Posted by Doug Sauder at April 9, 2002 08:52 AM