[Am-info] Record-Breaking Year For Security Incidents Expected

[Erick Andrews]

On Fri, 30 Nov 2001 11:29:57 -0800 (PST), Steve Cohen wrote:

>No lie!
>
>Here's an incident.
>I'm normally protected with one of those mindless
>hardware firewall routers.  But my cable modem
>provider  is switching something so I had to let them
>give me a new modem.  Since I wouldn't be there for
>the switch, 
>I left the computer in Windows and unplugged the
>firewall, going directly into the computer to make the
>install as brainless for the cable guy as it could be.
>
>Bad idea.
>
>The install was easy enough, but my wife called me ten
>minutes later and told me the screen was now reporting
>a virus infection (worm actually) - one that spread
>over a network.
>
>Ten minutes of unprotected access for the first virus.
>Wow.
>

Pray you have complete backups and didn't compromise
sensitive data.

-- 
Erick Andrews