Tackling cyber crime

[William Knowles <wk () C4I ORG>]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_745000/745341.stm

By BBC Washington Correspondent
Stephen Sackur

Ken van Wick is paid big money to hack into top-secret corporate
computer networks.

The twist is, it is the corporations themselves who are paying him.
His company, ParaProtect, shows clients how to beef up their internet
security.

He is in demand, especially in the wake of the mayhem of the Love Bug
computer virus.

"Most importantly as an attacker, I want to learn every possible weak
point that I can exploit," Mr van Wick said.

"To execute one of those attacks has become increasingly easy. Some of
the tools have good online help available and are freely available to
download," he said.

"And because these tools are available and because they are getting
more technically complex it makes it easier to execute an attack
against sites."

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