Internet Storm Center Tracks Hack Attacks

An Anonymous Coward writes: "It looks like Incidents.org has a new offspring, the Internet Storm Center. The internet storm center uses data from DShield.org to track hack attacks all over the world. Some of the interesting trivia: While usually, China has a bad reputation for the volume of attack coming from it, the US outpaces China by a lot. Actually, China only comes in at #6. So much for the great security boost the US gets from using genuine Microsoft software."

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There is no surprise

[Taco Cowboy]

In a way, there is no surprise in the report.

While the urban legend of "China is the #1 devil" has been circulating in the Net, we all know where most of the hackers - especially those who wear black hats - live.

This is not to say that there is no "Chinese devils", of course, there are. But in terms of skill, numbers and resources, the Chinese can't even come close to those from the States.

But individually, if you really want to know who has the most experience - Those from Russia (or the block formerly known as USSR) are the most experienced.

I've personal experience with Russian hackers. I'm a sysadmin, and I pride myself on making my Linux machines secured, but no matter how "secure" I made my machine, those Ruskies always find ways to hack into them.

Oh, I've traced hacking attempts too, there're a lot from China, the States, Israel, Europe, Africa, Asia and Russia, it's almost always the Ruskies who got through the layers and layers of "security features" I've set.

Even "honeypot" can't stop the Ruskies.

The one thing I've learnt from these experience is that I ain't gonna do funny things to the Ruskies. I only have my respect for them, even when they are blackhatters.