UK Government and Its NHS Bot Net Woes
April 26, 2010
I am not sure if this story is spot on. What struck me as important is that the fact the story made it to the blogosphere suggests that security gaps exist within some critical UK agencies. In a country working to keep bad guys at bay, this type of alleged error makes life more difficult for the officials and the pesky elected officials who will ask questions about this alleged matter. The story is “Over 1,000 NHS Desktops Part of Botnet, says Symantec.” The alleged software scripts can do more than make a computer a dumb drone. The scripts can hose data to another computer. Those data could be parsed, queried, and analyzed. If Symantec is correct, there is work to be done. If Symantec is wrong, there is work to be done to keep such reports in perspective.
Stephen E Arnold, April 26, 2010
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