FBI annoyed with Russia, China and 24 more countries!
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has raised concerns over the growing cyber crimes in US that cost tens of millions of dollars and also posing as a serious threat to US security. The FBI cyber division pointed out activities like computer spying and personal information theft as something that needs immediate measures to be curbed.
The U.S. intelligence agencies have earlier pointed fingers on Russia and China as being the two nations that have the abilities to electronic spying by breaking through U.S. computer networks. Apart from these, FBI has narrowed down 24 more countries that pose a threat to the US. Without naming the 24 countries,FBI has made this statement: “There are countries who have an interest in obtaining information from the U.S., in terms of the electronic theft of data.”
The US computer networks are being constantly attacted by Botnets by sending spam e-mails and spreading malicious code. Thus the U.S. federal agents are stepping up efforts to fight computer crime. They are also joining hands with some foreign counterparts to deal this serious issue. It is worth noting that in January this year, U.S. President George Bush had launched an effort called the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative, to address the issue of comouter crimes.
james junior:
I win multiple millions of dollars every day from international lotteries, grants, giveaways, and little old ladies who are in the hospital dying and want me to use their fortunes for the needy. Yet I have not seen a penny of it. If some people believe these scam spam emails they are dumb.
November 6, 2008, 10:34 pmReally, this is a very realistic and serious national security issue. A way to pinpoint the offending computer and prevent unwanted botnets from operating is a must.
Policing the internet is on the horizon. Identifying the exact offending computer must be developed. Shutting down hijacked botnet machines can be done. Blocking offenders from the net is possible. Clear identification of a machine can lead to blocking that machine from wherever it attempts to access the internet.
Microsoft can lead the world by developing software aimed at policing the net. Would you welcome such an attempt to shut down or block detected offending computers even hijacked or infected botnet machines? After cleaning their infected machines then they can be allowed back on the net.
Maybe some of this is not achievable but it is an idea and Microsoft can be a major player in finding a way to prevent botnets or identified spam sending machines from even getting access to the internet.
admin:
James,
Who manufactures it is not important, but yes we do need some strict measures to stop the increasing threat of cyber crime.
November 7, 2008, 11:11 amEveryone would want a software/application that can help to curb cyber crime, provided it does not get hacked
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November 7, 2008, 4:01 pm