Protect yourself from Cyber-Crime
Internet security, identity theft, Computer safety, Charles Jeter
The statistics about cyber-crime and data breach are shocking. Don’t be ignorant or you’re next.
ESET, a local San Diego anti-virus software company, recently started a not-for-profit grassroots educational effort to secure our San Diego e-City against this threat through education. It’s a Neighborhood Watch style educational program for the community targeted at preventing cyber-crime.
SOEC website: www.securingourecity.org
For a direct link to the on-demand training: Securing Our eCity Training Presentation
Here’s information I have gleaned from various sources, including Navy friends and my son, Charles, a licensed Private Investigator who works for an international anti-viral software company based here in San Diego. ESET protects 25% of the Russians from the other 75%, who (along with the Chinese) legally produce and franchise malware in their countries. Their malware is designed to extract money from our bank accounts–yours and mine.
Re: the information about sabotage below, that idea came from the US NAVY Spy Manual, according to my informant. This is a “word to the wise” if you’re responsible for the welfare of many people! Every business, family, school, etc. needs this information, so please pass the word. No matter how busy you are, cyber-security ought to be high priority right now.
In China and Russia it’s legal to produce and franchise malware which allows various worms, viruses, DOS etc. attacks. Moreover, identity theft in our country doubled in 2008.
The Chinese and Russians are not allowed to attack their own citizenry, but who’s to stop them? Cyber-criminals are extremely hard to catch, and the rewards are massive compared to pornography and other Mafia-types of violent crime where bodies can be found and other proof of guilt more easily obtained.
Our defense department, facebook and our local electric company all have experienced DOS (denial of service) attacks where botnets have taken over thousands of home computers, and have been used in concerted efforts to bring our communication to a standstill. DOD was shut down for 3 days, as I recall reading in the San Diego Union-Tribune, and the service to thousands of electric customers here in San Diego county was interrupted for the better part of a day. Do not let your computer be a part of sabotage efforts. Get upgraded, daily updated anti-viral software today.
Communications, by the way, are the last arena to be under attack before foreign powers launch terrorism and sabotage, according to my source of information. Surprisingly to us, (predictable according to the Navy manual) construction is under attack with new malware “first day” viruses,, along with large and small banking accounts. With communications, construction and energy down, reconstruction cannot take place. This information comes from my Navy sources. (I come from a Navy family. Both sons, father, cousins and favorite Uncle were all Navy.)
Please go immediately to the series of search-able videos which Charles and his company, ESET, put out as public service information. The address is http://www.youtube.com/user/securingourecity#p/u.
Other links:
http://www.scmagazineus.com/banking-trojan-theft-stopping-the-bleeding-of-american-business-accounts/article/173977/
http://www.scmagazineus.com/keeping-hilfs-from-crashing-your-party/article/173975/
http://www.scmagazineus.com/up-the-digital-river-without-a-paddle/article/173974/
http://www.scmagazineus.com/cybercrime-corner/section/1511/
Blessings.
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Sorry, I’m not able to make another post at this time. You might want to check eset.com/securingourecity for new information.
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