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At our next meeting on July 5, DACS president, Jeff Setaro, will give his annual presentation on Secure Computing in the Internet Age. Now, before you start thinking you’ll skip this one because you’ve heard it before, consider this–that in 2004, the number of computer viruses in the wild exceeded 100,000, that new forms of malware and other security schemes are launched every day, and that major corporations find it necessary to upgrade their virus
detection systems at least hourly..
Con artists and fraud schemes are widely understood in the real world. Most of us with the minimum of street smarts know to avoid back alleys, street corner card games and impromptu hard-luck hucksters, and to carefully size up a hitchhiker before picking him up. But on the information superhighway, we drive with the top down through the sleaziest of neighborhoods, offering a ride to everyone in sight. Welcome to the virtual world of the Internet, where there’s a whole nest of vipers waiting behind every mouse-click.
As Internet users become more street-wise, the baddies keep getting more sophisticated, luring their victims through traps, subterfuge and illusion. Among the latest schemes are phishing (posing as a bank or other business to obtain passwords or account information), pharming (altering a legitimate domaine address to redirect you to another site that looks the same), and typosquatting (using variations of the name of a phony Web site to trap surfers who mistype the official name of the legitimate site). They all have a similar purpose - to make you think you’re doing business as usual while you’re giving up all your private information. It’s a scourge of Biblical proportions – teach a man to phish or pharm and You’ve phed him for life.
Jeff’s presentation will chronicle all the latest security threats, with sound advice on the techniques and software tools to guard against them, With all the newest threats out there, the good news is that law enforcement is beginning to gain an upper hand, as more hackers and con artists are being apprehended.
You can get further information on Jeff’s program by going to his President's File.
The DACS General Meeting is held at Danbury Hospital Auditorium, and is open to the public. Events begin at 7 p.m. with casual networking and Random Access Q&A, followed by a business meeting at 7:30 and a short break at 7:45. The Presentation starts at about 8:00.
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