Infected Computers Could Be Quarantined from the Internet
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Infected Computers Could Be Quarantined from the Internet
05-10-2010 2:22 PM
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Quote In the future, computers compromised by malware could be quarantined from the Internet, just as patients infected with contagious diseases are being isolated today.
The new security model proposed by Microsoft is designed to keep the Internet healthy, by making sure that the devices connected to the world wide web are healthy.
Scott Charney, Corporate Vice President, Trustworthy Computing argued for the necessity of a Global Collective Defense on the Internet during the International Security Solutions Europe (ISSE) Conference in Berlin, Germany.
In the Collective Defense: Applying Public Health Models to the Internet whitepaper, Charney explains the need for collaboration among a variety of entities including governments, the IT industry, Internet access providers, users, etc. in order to ensure that the Internet is kept healthy.
The new Internet security vision exemplified by the Redmond company, and inspired by globally accepted public health practices, involves the evaluation of consumer devices health ahead of permitting the users to access the Internet or any additional critical resources.
“Just as when an individual who is not vaccinated puts others’ health at risk, computers that are not protected or have been compromised with a bot put others at risk and pose a greater threat to society,” Charney explained.
“In the physical world, international, national, and local health organizations identify, track and control the spread of disease which can include, where necessary, quarantining people to avoid the infection of others.
“Simply put, we need to improve and maintain the health of consumer devices connected to the Internet in order to avoid greater societal risk,” Charney added.
Fact is that cyber threats present a risk to both Internet users and critical infrastructures, and while much work has already been done, it is simply not enough to ensure that devices or the web are indeed healthy.
Security defenses such as firewalls, antivirus and automatic updates for patches are proving to be mere mitigations which can be bypassed by attackers provided they have sufficient resources and time.
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Re: Infected Computers Could Be Quarantined from the Internet
05-10-2010 3:23 PM
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In other words.... if you get a virus/malware/email phishing attack..... then you may just as well chuck the computer in the bin, and have to buy a new one....
what a wheeze.... It will certainly boost the new computer/laptop/ipod/etc etc etc sales.... just imagine how many machines are already infected in the world....
and suddenly...... how many of them owners find they cannot connect to the internet...
Re: Infected Computers Could Be Quarantined from the Internet
05-10-2010 3:36 PM
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Re: Infected Computers Could Be Quarantined from the Internet
05-10-2010 3:37 PM
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05-10-2010 4:09 PM
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05-10-2010 4:13 PM
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but they choice not to do this as it could of had legal impact on them doing something to peoples computers that was not requested or something similar
am sure we covered the story on this forum but for all the nuclear waste in north Korea i cant find it
Re: Infected Computers Could Be Quarantined from the Internet
05-10-2010 5:55 PM
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Re: Infected Computers Could Be Quarantined from the Internet
06-10-2010 12:37 AM
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If they're going to quarantine your computer from the internet, then they need to know that its infected in the first place. Now how do you suppose they're going to get that information? - Who really is going to sit at their computer half an hour every day doing a scan and uploading a log file etc? - No one. Nope, they'll just make it legal that they have access to your PC and can hack into it if needed. Of course that will need to be financed (and no doubt MS will take a slice of the cake for their R&D costs and profit) and who's going to be paying for that? - Us.
Nice one Bill, great idea. Love it... NOT.
Re: Infected Computers Could Be Quarantined from the Internet
06-10-2010 9:49 AM
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Quote from: okrzynska Nope, they'll just make it legal that they have access to your PC and can hack into it if needed.
That's a nice bit of FUD and would be a complete PITA for the ISPs etc to implement. They're far more likely to check for the effects of PCs being infected, such as identifying patterns of network usage, like accessing known bot control networks, or sudden continuous floods of emails, or emails being sent with embedded viruses.
Re: Infected Computers Could Be Quarantined from the Internet
06-10-2010 2:36 PM
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It's a stupid idea. All it will do is drive malware authors further underground and make them sneakier. Remember when the rootkits first turned up? - They'd been in use for a while before anyone found them - as the authors had been driven to sneakier tactics to remain undiscovered. Thats all that will happen this time too.
Of course.. the police already have legal powers to hack your PC / network if they see the need..
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