Comment Zombies, Microsoft and Clueless Home Users (Score 1) 677
So...
YAW hits the net, exploits a hole in some MS product which has had a patch available for months. Thousands of unpatched home systems are infected with DDOS malware. Anti-Spam sites (and anyone else on the hit list) get nuked.
Now, don't get me wrong, I'm all for going after the evil bastards pulling the trigger...but wouldn't it be a good idea to fight this on all fronts?
Right now it seems to me that the only incentive Microsoft has for coming up with a better way of announcing and distributing patches is their reputation.
End users? What motivation to they have in patching? Only when their PC becomes unusable do they take notice...but good DDOS zombies don't make a nuisance out of them selves.
My rhetorical question: if the vendors and the users involved in the DDOS 'circle of life' had something real at stake...
When some CRITICAL site (www.penny-arcade.com) gets DDOSes, we'll wish we had already taken more action!
YAW hits the net, exploits a hole in some MS product which has had a patch available for months. Thousands of unpatched home systems are infected with DDOS malware. Anti-Spam sites (and anyone else on the hit list) get nuked.
Now, don't get me wrong, I'm all for going after the evil bastards pulling the trigger...but wouldn't it be a good idea to fight this on all fronts?
Right now it seems to me that the only incentive Microsoft has for coming up with a better way of announcing and distributing patches is their reputation.
End users? What motivation to they have in patching? Only when their PC becomes unusable do they take notice...but good DDOS zombies don't make a nuisance out of them selves.
My rhetorical question: if the vendors and the users involved in the DDOS 'circle of life' had something real at stake...
When some CRITICAL site (www.penny-arcade.com) gets DDOSes, we'll wish we had already taken more action!
