| In order to understand what we do to for IT-safety, | | | | sum total was up to 17 billions dollars, in 2004 it raised |
| we have to pay attention to its base - computer | | | | to 155, 5 billions dollars. |
| safety. And we should remember that there are any | | | | The major safety element is the computer OS. The |
| not important parts of our data, even if it is just | | | | most safe platforms are considered to be Apple Mac |
| benchmark, we have to do everything to protect it | | | | OS X and UNIX - BSD (Berkeley Software |
| from hackers. | | | | Distribution). Linux and Microsoft Windows were |
| The majority of hacker frauds are possible because | | | | considered as the most vulnerable. Such conclusions |
| of existing software vulnerability. More and more | | | | were made after successful hackers' attacks |
| harmful code appears in Web. This code implements | | | | analyses (2003- 2004). |
| to the computers, makes planned actions and | | | | According to Eugene Kaspersky, the amount of |
| continues the further spread. Nowadays such | | | | Trojan programs raised double the amount. Nowadays |
| vulnerabilities are sought intentionally, by the hackers as | | | | nearly 75 % hackers' attacks are turned to crack the |
| well as by the producers. The first are trying to use | | | | banks accounts of to get the outlawed information. |
| bags in order to get access to the information | | | | Due to same forecasts, this amount will increase. If 10 |
| resources, the second are trying to keep own | | | | years ago hackers sent viruses just to hooligan |
| reputation and clients' information resources safe. E.g., if | | | | (remember Trojan Love Letter), nowadays th situation |
| in 2004 the ratio of frauds was 1 fishing to 943 e-mails, | | | | changed cardinally. |
| in 2005 the ratio was 1 fishing to 304 e-mails. | | | | Asia region deals with the online games fraud, |
| What about IT companies? What is their responsibility | | | | Portuguese and Hispania steel from banks, Russia and |
| for such state of affairs? Let us recollect some facts. | | | | Commonwealth of Independent States counties attack |
| In 2005 there were 812 "bags" in the Windows OS. 29 | | | | proxy-servers, steal personal data, and DOS-attacks, |
| of them were not removed, that's why Windows got | | | | that are less and less popular. |
| the status of critically dangerous OS. | | | | And how people react to such situations, what |
| Microsoft during their month software product update | | | | measures do they implement in order to protect their |
| issue patches with vulnerabilities. Several of them are | | | | metrics and scorecards? Statistics states that only 14 |
| characterized as critically dangerous and can be used | | | | % of people don't take care about it. All other people |
| with the aim of destructive operations performance. | | | | try to protect themselves from hackers' fraud. They |
| For example, all OS Windows (except Server 2003) | | | | carry out system facilities certification testing, increase |
| have the bag that is successfully used by hackers. It is | | | | security administrators' qualification through various |
| connected with Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0, as | | | | trainings. How else can they provide the effective |
| well as with XMLHTTP 4.0 ActiveX Control. This bag | | | | protection? Everybody has to think about it for us to |
| allows getting the full operational system control. The | | | | overcome the IT-crises in our country and avoid the |
| fix has not been available yet. | | | | irreversible consequences. |
| The damage caused by hackers differs. In 2004 the | | | | |