TriNetre - Archive for September 13, 2003
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September 13, 2003
Questionable mi2g study
[Technology]
@ 07:15 AM
GlobeTechnology.Com reports a mi2g study result that concludes that:
During August, 67 per cent of all successful and verifiable digital attacks against on-line servers targeted Linux, followed by Microsoft Windows at 23.2 per cent. A total of 12,892 Linux on-line servers running e-business and information sites were successfully breached in that month, followed by 4,626 Windows servers, according to the report.
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The overall economic damage in August from overt and covert attacks as well as viruses and worms stood at an all-time high of $28.2-billion.
The Sobig and MSBlast malware that afflict Microsoft platforms contributed significantly to the record estimate.
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The overall economic damage in August from overt and covert attacks as well as viruses and worms stood at an all-time high of $28.2-billion.
The Sobig and MSBlast malware that afflict Microsoft platforms contributed significantly to the record estimate.
Now, before you believe any of these numbers, try tracing the history of mi2g through these articles:
- mi2g history at Attrition.Org
- Hysteria roll call: mi2g at vmyths.com
The original variant of the MSBlast worm continued to spread over the
weekend and is likely to have infected more than 570,000 computers,
according to security firm Symantec.
If Symantec states that MSBlast has infected 570,000 computers and mi2g states that even counting the attacks from MSBlast, only "4,626 Windows servers" were attacked, someone is not getting their facts right. Why am I more inclined to believe Symantec?
"Microsoft deserves credit for having reduced the proportion of successful on-line hacker attacks perpetrated against Windows servers."
And I deserve credit for landing on the moon yesterday.
Inspiration and data for this post from a post by "security curmudgeon" of Attrition.Org in the ISN mailinglist.
