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Valentines Day e-mail Hoax, Cyberspace Security Warfare, Things We
Can Do
February 14th, 2003
On today's show we discussed President Bush's new initiative for cyber
warfare. What does it mean to businesses and individuals? Also
discussed was hackers and what they mean to home users and business
people.
Beware of Valentine's E-Cards.
Stay clear of a Valentine's Day E-Card with a return address of
cupid@valentines-ecard.com Clicking on the link causes an 800KB file
to be downloaded, and installs some mysterious software. Dangerous
stuff.
Operation Eligible Receiver
"Eligible Receiver" is the name of a wargame/exercise that was
conducted by the Department of Defense. In it power outages were
caused, an airliner crashed, 911 service failed, and telephone
services are disrupted -- all in a realistic, simulated fashion. But
things haven't improved much since '97 when these tests occurred.
The following two links provide some interesting information:
What to do?
The basics are to install anti-virus software, and get a personal
firewall running on your PC.
Quality, free anti-virus software can be found from Grisoft. Called AVG Anti-Virus it
can keep close tabs on your machine and all of your e-mail and
software.
A quality, free firewall can be found from Zone Alarm. The free version is
easier to use than the paid-for version. This software can be
complicated for a novice user, but should be manageable for most users.
Mainstream Security Services' Security Expert, R. Craig Peterson, can
be heard weekly at 12 noon Saturdays on WGIR AM610, WGIN AM930 and
WGIP AM1540. The show can be heard in New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, and
Massachusetts.
To submit potential subjects, to ask questions, or to get more
information, e-mail
Craig Peterson.
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