Computer Security

Ok, It's happended once again. A virus has been unleased that exploits a windows security hole.

I suspect a lot of people will think this is normal for windows and you'd be right, just a few years back we had SQL slammer, my doom and the 'love bug'.
So, if it's so normal for windows and everyone expects it why has it been allowed to happen again?

You'd think corporations and internet-savvy home users will be battening down the hatches, being ultra cautious of opening attachments, making sure AV definitions are up to date. Nope they are not.

Why not?

Because it's too much hard work. Stupid isn't it?

Corporations spend millions on servers, projects and basic security yet each time a hole is exploited they are not ready.

Why not? Well, a lot of it is because the staff are actually not that interested in making security a priorty. Think about this - Anytime you make something more secure you also make it a pain in the arse to administer because of that security.
Security is a balance between usability and protection yet it is something that will also cause the most number of arguments of anything.

Over the next few blogs I'm going to go into the world of computer security and show how a patch works, how to take it apart, test it as well as (hopefully) show a few things that just may make life a bit easier.

Keep reading :-)