{"id":5179,"date":"2014-12-08T10:59:36","date_gmt":"2014-12-08T15:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kasperskydaily.com\/uk\/?p=5179"},"modified":"2019-11-22T10:15:48","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T10:15:48","slug":"false-perception-of-it-security-predicting-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/false-perception-of-it-security-predicting-the-future\/5179\/","title":{"rendered":"FALSE PERCEPTION OF IT-SECURITY: PREDICTING THE FUTURE!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the first blog post in a series of posts where I will try to document some of the false perceptions about IT security \u2014 and believe me, there are many. It is impossible to cover all of them, but I will do my best to cover as many as my time and energy allows.<\/p>\n<p>I was born in the early 80s, and I grew up with great movies like The Terminator, Robocop, War Games, Hackers, Minority Report, Blade Runner and The Matrix. All these stories played with the idea that technology was going out of control \u2014 but that\u2019s just fiction, not reality, and we all know that. But when we talk about IT security we still live with this mindset that the biggest issue is protecting ourselves against future threats.<br>\nThe same thing happens when I attend security conferences or read articles and blog posts; everyone seems to focus on trying to uncover plots or protect us from the unknown. Almost all security companies and researchers are talking about APT (Advanced Persistent Threats) and targeted attacks. Don\u2019t get me wrong, this is very important, but if we\u00a0look at the intrusions and vulnerabilities at companies right now, you\u00a0see\u00a0a different story.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Always keep your protection up-to-date!: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ieDcJAs7Zp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/ieDcJAs7Zp<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KasperskyInternetSecurity?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">#KasperskyInternetSecurity<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/dWHsPhCt6e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/dWHsPhCt6e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kaspersky (@kaspersky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kaspersky\/status\/537663504623620099?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">November 26, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br>\nThe problem seems to be that we\u2019re still vulnerable to some very old security problems.\u00a0When I talk to fellow researchers I get the feeling even at security conferences that a lot of very important discussion is being silenced simply because they don\u2019t involve shiny new, never seen before material. \u00a0This has resulted in security researchers and computer professionals no longer sharing very interesting tools, ideas, tips, tricks and experience.<\/p>\n<p>As security researchers we need to start taking more responsibility for what we talk about. What we write in our blogs and what we tell people is important. Don\u2019t get me wrong, of course we need to continue researching into new threats, but we also need to look at older more persistent problems.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A fascinating story how <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JacobyDavid?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@JacobyDavid<\/a> hacked his smart home <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ckTyeMVLUp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/ckTyeMVLUp<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/q4LiqsBnA4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/q4LiqsBnA4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eugene Kaspersky (@e_kaspersky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/e_kaspersky\/status\/515189019617918976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">September 25, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br>\nBut if we only ever talk publicly about the latest malware campaign or vulnerability, too many people will focus on protecting themselves against the latest threats while continuing to neglect basic problems like vulnerable systems, weak passwords, poor patch management, no network segmentation, unencrypted databases and, of course,<em> default settings<\/em>.<br>\nThat said, I also want to emphasise that when I talk about \u2018we\u2019 as an industry, I am not just talking about security researchers but also administrators, developers, consultants and other IT boffins around the world. \u00a0Our developers need to take more responsibility and pride in their code and system administrators and integrators need to make sure they fully understand their applications and operating systems before pressing that install button.<br>\n<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-pullquote\"><p>IT #security affects everyone!<\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fkas.pr%2F2j98&amp;text=IT+%23security+affects+everyone%21\" class=\"btn btn-twhite\" data-lang=\"en\" data-count=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tweet<\/a><\/blockquote><br>\nEven if you are a consumer, you still need to take this seriously. It affects you too. You have to assume ownership of your own IT security and not blame others if something goes wrong. After all, it might just be your weak password that compromised your security.\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Don't forget to check your password! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PassChecker?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">#PassChecker<\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/vXnwmfqSWh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">http:\/\/t.co\/vXnwmfqSWh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P9Pm0SGc4n\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/P9Pm0SGc4n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kaspersky (@kaspersky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kaspersky\/status\/524916379968077825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">October 22, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br>\nWe cannot fight the future without understanding the past. \u00a0Maybe right now we are in an era where technology is actually growing faster than we can control it, but instead of trying to predict even deeper into the future, we need to take one step back and actually work with what we already know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the first blog post in a series of posts where I will try to document some of the false perceptions about IT security \u2014 and believe me, there<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":336,"featured_media":5180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[849,584,848,97,529],"class_list":{"0":"post-5179","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-threats","8":"tag-false-perception-of-it-security","9":"tag-great","10":"tag-prediction","11":"tag-security-2","12":"tag-threats"},"hreflang":[{"hreflang":"en-gb","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/false-perception-of-it-security-predicting-the-future\/5179\/"},{"hreflang":"ru","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.ru\/blog\/false-perception-of-it-security-predicting-the-future\/6353\/"},{"hreflang":"ru-kz","url":"https:\/\/blog.kaspersky.kz\/false-perception-of-it-security-predicting-the-future\/6353\/"}],"acf":[],"banners":"","maintag":{"url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/tag\/false-perception-of-it-security\/","name":"false perception of it security"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/336"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5179"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17991,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5179\/revisions\/17991"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}