$9 million ATM heist: the dark side of international collaboration

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Servers open to the world with lax security...: Anybody who sets up a server that ONLY needs state side access or access in a certain area and they do not deny/allow only the ranges should be fired. Then the argument of what if they go on vacation overseas, the chances of this occurring are about 1 in 1,000,000 and it is just stupid.

All of the uneducated people who allow these ports open to overseas IP ranges known for hacking/spam and why would anyone with common-sense need to allow access to their server for someone in China/Russia/Europe?

People don't care about security in the workplace or for that matter home. It is about pointing on crap, and getting spyware then blaming system admins. The problem is they are not engineered on the frontend to be secure.

I block the entire eastern world, in fact the only access to data I allow is controlled and blocked from the Internet period. Then it is locked down server level, with .htaccess, tcpwrappers, iptables, and so on.

I find it amazing that they are surprised this this happening, they have no idea other than making it easy for the end user and allowing it to be hacked on by criminals on the Internet.

Plus, all of the foolish people who post all of their PRIVATE thoughts, Picutures and daily tasks on the public internet. It is just stupid, and using all of these search engines with these spyware features and not knowing where the data is flowing.....

Lastly, Windows has helped contribute to this disaster, security in Windows is terrible at best and constant worms like Conficker spreading at 10,000,000+ and still ongoig...

The Internet is a cesspool of criminals now, and it has features are functional but admins who set up servers with NO security skills or even caring is to blame.

With all of the scammers/hackers/spammers I cannot understand why people try to say it is wrong to block IP ranges, why in the world would ANYONE in China need to access a site in the United States in which it has NO benefit for them???

It goes back to the same fools who act like it is a crime to block out these people, they offer nothing but trash from there to your server. I do not let them get there I have devices in place to block them, even they hack a box to try to hack my servers I have mechanisms in place. Lastly, the Internet is a criminals paradise with no laws in other countries and they continue to exploit spam/hack everyday because people will NOT block the ranges.

If they want to send an email from overseas then they can send me an IP address other than that it will never be allowed.

The Al Gores of the Internet have allowed it to degrade into a SEWER of trash.; Posted by: Christian_<>< Posted on: 02/07/09 (Edited: 02/07/2009 @ 11:54) You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use