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Unprotected PCs can be hijacked in minutes
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Posted by: Ion Silverbolt
USA Today has an article up on the current state of PC security. In the article, they show some break-in stats based on some honeypot servers which they setup.
Each PC was connected to the Internet via a broadband DSL connection and monitored for two weeks in September. Break-in attempts began immediately and continued at a constant and high level: an average of 341 per hour against the Windows XP machine with no firewall or recent security patches, 339 per hour against the Apple Macintosh and 61 per hour against the Windows Small Business Server. Each was sold without an activated firewall.
By contrast, there were fewer than four attacks per hour against the Windows XP updated with a basic firewall and recent patches (Service Pack 2), the Linspire with basic firewall and the Windows XP with ZoneAlarm firewall.
"The firewalls did their job," says Russell. "If you can't get to them, you can't attack them."
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