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Porn-Surfing Execs Infecting Corporate Networks With Malware

Posted by Soulskill on from the IT-admins-know-your-secrets dept.

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."

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  1. Very disappointing article. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  2. Solution by girlintraining · · Score: 5, Interesting

    and 58% cited the ineffectiveness of anti-malware solutions."

    So the majority of experts agree the existing solutions are ineffective. And yet the solution remains the same: Buy more of it.

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  3. Re:malware and porn by ZombieBraintrust · · Score: 5, Funny

    executives must be in to weirder stuff than most mouth breathers

  4. So, in other words, they violate basic IT policy by generic_screenname · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The top threats listed in TFA are all common-sense things to avoid with work machines. (Visiting porn sites, letting family members use equipment, installing malicious mobile apps, and falling for phishing emails.) There is a reason us IT folks tell people not to do these things at work.

  5. Do different rules apply to senior managers? by grahamsaa · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I've never understood why people do stuff like this. Years ago I recovered data from a CFO's laptop, only to find the thing filled with porn. Senior managers generally make enough money to have personal devices to look at porn on -- why do they risk the embarrassment of being discovered misusing company resources? I guess now that I think of it, the CFO in question wasn't fired (or even really disciplined) for this, as far as I can tell, so maybe senior managers just think that they're important enough that rules and common sense don't matter. If the laptop had belonged to a lower-level employee, he or she probably would have been disciplined.

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  6. Re: Occam's Razor by Opportunist · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They don't get fired for it.

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  7. Mangagement style by PopeRatzo · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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