Porn-Surfing Execs Infecting Corporate Networks With Malware

wiredmikey writes "According to a recent survey of malware analysts at U.S. enterprises, 40% of the time a device used by a member the senior leadership team became infected with malware was due to executives visiting a pornographic website. The study, from ThreatTrack Security, also found that nearly six in 10 of the malware analysts have investigated or addressed a data breach that was never disclosed by their company. When asked to identify the most difficult aspects of defending their companies' networks from advanced malware, 67% said the complexity of malware is a chief factor; 67% said the volume of malware attacks; and 58% cited the ineffectiveness of anti-malware solutions."

Comments

Very disappointing article.

[Anonymous Coward]

It doesn't even include any of the URLs to go to!

Re:Very disappointing article.

[durrr]

" 67% said the complexity of malware is a chief factor; 67% said the volume of malware attacks; and 58% cited the ineffectiveness of anti-malware solutions."

And the remaining 40% said these numbers don't add upp.

Re:malware and porn

[ZombieBraintrust]

executives must be in to weirder stuff than most mouth breathers

Re:Safe Surfing

[TWX]

The obvious solution is for corporation to provide safe porn on their internal networks. What could possibly go wrong?

I shudder to think of how this'll impact the BYOD policy...

Re:Solution

[Anonymous Coward]

I'd rather be out of the job than stuck between "I need access to EVERYTHING for no goddamn reason" and "ME COMPOOTER IS BOKE-BOKE AGAIN FIX IT A+ PRIORITY ONE"

Re:Solution

[girlintraining]

I'd rather be out of the job than stuck between "I need access to EVERYTHING for no goddamn reason" and "ME COMPOOTER IS BOKE-BOKE AGAIN FIX IT A+ PRIORITY ONE"

Ah. The naitivity of youth. So refreshing. And yet they wonder why nobody hires them.

Mangagement style

[PopeRatzo]

These porn-surfing execs are just taking a more "hands-on" approach to management and want to make sure they have a firm grasp on their critical infrastructure.

It gives new meaning to The Peter Principle.