tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893698629458358623.post1957918122270854583..comments2024-02-26T19:19:32.362+00:00Comments on Not a sheep: Stuxnet worm updateNot a sheephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14123293202225008273noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893698629458358623.post-69149346778400161132010-12-23T11:02:10.764+00:002010-12-23T11:02:10.764+00:00The British government has never taken this seriou...The British government has never taken this seriously, because it simply doesn't <i>understand</i> it at all.<br /><br />The whole "cyberwarfare" meme will be used to inspire maximum fear (also playing on the general public level of ignorance and built in tendency to - erroneously - see the government as an authority), whilst nothing effective will actually be done. <br /><br />And as with almost every other major government IT project in the past, millions will be flushed down the toilet to the government's favoured IT contractors who tell them what they want to hear.<br /><br />Notice that the HO pleads poverty for the IE6 upgrade. Think this will be one of the first things addressed by the £1billion cyberwarfare fund? No of course it won't!Katabasishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059375486530788092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893698629458358623.post-18476130220744942432010-12-23T10:47:37.264+00:002010-12-23T10:47:37.264+00:00I know about the government's IE policy and re...I know about the government's IE policy and realise that installing MS patches is not the answer to cyber-terrorism but the UK government has to start taking this matter seriously and many people really don't see why.Not a sheephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14123293202225008273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893698629458358623.post-75881206900530877532010-12-23T10:27:55.310+00:002010-12-23T10:27:55.310+00:00Sorry NaS, I'll continue laughing uproariously...Sorry NaS, I'll continue laughing uproariously. That article shows exactly the kind of mistake the British government will make (and has made again and again in the past at great cost to us) in this regard:<br /><br /><i>"A new security patch from Microsoft, released this week, plugs the last of the four security holes that Stuxnet uses to spread itself, but it cannot be used on older systems, widely used in Iran."</i><br /><br /><a href="http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2010/08/02/uk-government-sticking-internet-explorer-6/" rel="nofollow">I rest my case here your honour.</a>Katabasishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059375486530788092noreply@blogger.com