The Hacker is Now Easier

 RC - Symantec Corp. has announced a new report entitled Report on the Attack Toolkit and malicious websites. From the report notes that the device to make cyber attacks are increasingly easy to find and use.

Tools to make this type of attack is increasingly in demand by criminals who have traditional technical expertise in cyber crime. With this tool, can be more independent, organized, and get higher profits.

"In the past, hackers have to create your own program from the initial attacker. This complex process that limits the number of attackers that only a small group of criminals who are very experienced," said Stephen Trilling, senior vice president of Symantec Security Response and Technology.

As cited by Secure Computing, February 8, 2011, Trilling says, tool kits such attacks are even beginners can easily launch a cyber attack.

"We estimate that the activity of cyber-crime will increase," said Trilling. "As a result, opportunities for ordinary people who access the Internet to be a victim, get bigger," he said.

As cyber attacks become more profitable, the popularity of the toolkit to make the attacks also increased dramatically and direct maker kit for device manufacturers to build more powerful and sophisticated attacks.

"Kit attacks now often sold by the subscription model with periodic updates, along with components that expand the capabilities of this kit, and support services," said Trilling. "The attackers are usually advertise the services of installation, rental unlimited access to the console kit, and use a commercial anti-piracy tool to prevent attackers from using the tool without pay," he said.

From the data collected by Symantec, a toolkit makers and common attacks MPack, Neosploit, Zeus, Nukesploit P4ck and Phoenix.

8 Guerrillas Kashmiri Killed

RC - A total of eight insurgents were killed, on Friday (01/10/2010) in two separate clashes with security forces in Kashmir, India. The guerrillas are enumerated trying to enter Indian territory from Pakistan. Indian army spokesman, Vineet Sood, say, a policeman was also killed in one shooting it.

These clashes took place amid growing protests against New Delhi's rule in Kashmir for several months was hit by strikes, protests and curfews. More than 100 people were killed and dozens were arrested during protests in June in the region. Five militants killed in north Kashmir when they tried to enter the Indian border from Pakistani territory. While three militants were killed in clashes in the area of Ganderbal, a suburb of Srinagar. Sood added that the shooting was still ongoing in both the location of the clashes. India's federal government tried hard to ease tension in Kashmir and Wednesday to free a number of protesters who were jailed and reduce the number of checkpoints in the main city of Srinagar as part of peace moves.

However, bids for new talks in New Delhi and security review had been rejected by Kashmiri separatist groups. Moderate separatist leaders, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, consider a plan Indian home minister was trying to "deliberately shift the focus from the real issue and to grant concessions to residents." Interior Minister P Chidambaram proposed peace plan after he led a mission of all parties to the Muslim-majority Kashmir. Chidambaram eight point plan that was announced on Sept. 25 was the first major initiative of the government to end clashes between stone-throwing protesters and security forces that killed 107 civilians, mostly due to police shootings. Indian Home Minister said, a group of "talking partners" will be appointed to meet the people of Kashmir in an effort to defuse the protests, the biggest since a separatist movement erupted in 1989.