| Guard Your Agency against the Relentless Pursuit of Destruction
The Olympic Torch relay now underway ahead of the Beijing Games has sparked demonstrations and protests worldwide. Overshadowed by this controversy, you might not have noticed a recently published report on Olympics-themed SPAM messages delivering hidden malicious software. During the past six months, the Web security firm Messagelabs has detected more than 12 such messages.
EMINENT THREAT
Attackers are finding clever new ways to pass through security protocols undetected. By using file types other than the familiar .doc file types, they’re honing their techniques to circumvent security in a never-ending cat and mouse game to get inside your systems.
Mark Sumner of Messagelabs notes, "On average, for March, MessageLabs intercepted these kinds of attacks at a rate of 70 per day, up from 10 per day this time last year, and one per day the year before that. As a threat vector, the concept of targeted attacks has increased at a rate of 600% over the past 12 months."
COMMON SENSE AND VIGILANCE
In light of these ever evolving threats, a dose of Web diligence is definitely in order. Make sure you reinforce and practice the basics: Do not open e-mail messages from unknown senders. Check for new software updates frequently and install them diligently.
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