Comments on: Study shows most cyberattacks are US-based http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/09/24/study-shows-most-cyberattacks-are-us-based/ tech, science, news and social issues for geeks Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:58:33 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Preston L. Bannister http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/09/24/study-shows-most-cyberattacks-are-us-based/#comment-107502 Preston L. Bannister Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:01:49 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=5546#comment-107502 It seems important to differentiate between where a "cyberattack" originates, and where the greatest number of subverted slave computers are found. I would say the attack is "launched" from the first, not the second. That the US might have the greatest number of computers connected to the Internet, and thus the greatest number of subverted computers, is not surprising. (I have argued for at least a decade the no end-user computer should <b>ever</b> be directly connected to the Internet. NAT routers should be built into every cable/DSL modem.) More significant is the countries from which attacks are started. My guess most of the current trojans and other malware generally come from the same places. It seems important to differentiate between where a “cyberattack” originates, and where the greatest number of subverted slave computers are found. I would say the attack is “launched” from the first, not the second.

That the US might have the greatest number of computers connected to the Internet, and thus the greatest number of subverted computers, is not surprising. (I have argued for at least a decade the no end-user computer should ever be directly connected to the Internet. NAT routers should be built into every cable/DSL modem.)

More significant is the countries from which attacks are started. My guess most of the current trojans and other malware generally come from the same places.

]]> By: Allen http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/09/24/study-shows-most-cyberattacks-are-us-based/#comment-107451 Allen Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:50:20 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=5546#comment-107451 Mark, I have not read the findings, but to me they seem like they could be flawed. If I was a hacker, would I be hacking a site from my home computer, or would I be using some other computer on the internet? The US has a large install base of computers to use as an attack point. The results of this study show that computers in the US are more insecure than any other country, that is about it. Allen Mark,
I have not read the findings, but to me they seem like they could be flawed. If I was a hacker, would I be hacking a site from my home computer, or would I be using some other computer on the internet? The US has a large install base of computers to use as an attack point. The results of this study show that computers in the US are more insecure than any other country, that is about it.

Allen

]]> By: Justin http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/09/24/study-shows-most-cyberattacks-are-us-based/#comment-107450 Justin Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:48:18 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=5546#comment-107450 This study probably didn't take into account that a lot of computers are slaves nowadays, either part of a botnet or just plain hacked. This study probably didn’t take into account that a lot of computers are slaves nowadays, either part of a botnet or just plain hacked.

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