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Hackers have become money-driven

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DQI Bureau
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How has the mindset of a hacker changed in the last few years?



In the 80s, when we used to play with computers, it was merely out of

interest. But today, or in the last couple of years, people have figured out

that you can make a lot more money. Hackers have changed from being time-driven

a few years back, to being money-driven today.

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Many companies have banned Orkut and Facebook in their offices. Is that

because of loss of productivity or more of security aspects like information

leakage?



User 2.0 is very well connected. The earlier perspective that I would lock

everything down and prevent anything from happening has changed. Today, I have

to open most of my applications so that my employees can do my work and also get

on with their lives. And, at the same time, make sure that I am not introducing

risks while managing the data. At Websense we looked at this and identified that

there were three critical components. The main component is the Web, where most

applications work whether its business or applications or social networks.

Second is email security and third is data security.

What about the phishing attacks that Websense has found out lately?



If you look at phishing or email security, we have the best capability of

identifying compromised websites. We are also identifying areas of concern.

Prasad Ramasubramanian/CyberMedia News



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