Hackers – the wolves of the Online World…
posted in Main |It’s a well known fact that wolfs are the “corps man” of the forest. Sure, they are beasts of prey, but they rarely attack healthy animals. Most likely they will look for the weaken or infected members of the flock and by killing them wolves will serve the purpose of severe sanitation. Those animals would die soon on their own anyway, but before they do, they would infect many other members of the flock. By eliminating the weakest members of the flock, wolves essentially help to survive the rest of the flock…
I understand that the parallel among hackers and wolves is somewhat artificial. After all, hackers attack not only small businesses, but big corporations and financial institutions as well. Based on [tag]security tools and procedures[/tag] implemented at such institutions, plus the level of knowledge about the security-related subjects that could be found in security departments, those enterprises can hardly be called “the weakest links in the flock”.
However, most successful hacker’s attacks start from the meticulous identification and exploration of possible [tag]security holes[/tag] that could be found in the defence mechanisms.
Thus, each such attack reveals a weak spot in the security echelons and helps corporation to become more secure in the future.
Sure, one might argue that without hackers there won’t be a need to build such elaborate [tag]online security systems[/tag] in the first place. And my answer to this – it’s the law of evolution, only the best “species” survive.
Plus, without hackers the software and application development would go on a much slower pace, and we probably still won’t have tons of useful tools and gimmics that we enjoy today.
