Top-secret military information, business documents
of hundreds of corporate firms , personal and confidential
data related to thousands of patients, complete information
of Yahoo shopping mall, high profile information of
‘Liberal Democratic Party’ and thousands
more are all floating currently on the internet, creating
an enormous flood of information leakage in Japan.
Security Analysts at MicroWorld
Technologies inform that the last one week saw
several such incidents together, takings the toll
to newer heights. And the culprit? A worm called ‘Antinny’
that infects the file sharing software Winny, extremely
popular in Japan.
‘Winny’ or ‘WinNY’ is a Japanese
Peer to Peer (P2P) File Sharing Program that’s
modeled on the architecture of ‘Freenet’
software. While Freenet was designed in Java, Winny
was developed in C++. With its cheap cost, great effectiveness
and highly user friendly nature Winny became an instant
hit in Japan with millions using it enthusiastically.
Japan’s workaholic populace is well known to
take their work to home regularly. This software has
been a great help for who were happy to blur their
personal and professional lives. Today, this extensive
usage of Winny without adequate protection has made
every other classified information being dangerously
compromised.
To contain the damage, the Japanese Military has
ordered all their personnel to uninstall Winny last
week. The Self Defense Force of Japan estimates that
information drainage has been on, for a staggering
two full years!
“Our Solution ‘eScan’
has been offering protection for ‘Antinny’
breed of worms since the year 2003. This incident
just goes to show that unprotected and under protected
information system are inviting doom with open arms.
Continuous and effective protection at all levels
of data access and usage is the only way for total
information Integrity, be it corporate info or governmental
secret,” says Sulabh Mahant, Security Analyst,
MicroWorld Technologies.
The leading provider of cutting-edge Security Solutions,
MicoWorld, has been consistently informing the
world about the metamorphosis of online threats in
the last two years. Highly secretive information and
financial data have been major targets for most of
the newer and more sophisticated breed of malwares.
“These incidents should no way make one despise
the virtues and contributions of internet and file
sharing systems. It’s just that, like any other
technology, this one too is prone to attack and sabotage.
If you have an advanced and futuristic protection
safeguarding your system, life does go on smooth and
safe in the world of Internet!” affirms Manoj
Mansukhani, Head, Technology and Marketing, MicroWorld
Technologies.
MicroWorld
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