What happens if you don't update in time!

Why could this happen? Read on...

In my opinion it took two (three) things which happened (or not happened) so that this could take place:

• 1. The computers in the company network were not updated in time. The MS05-039 patch was available since August 9.
• 2. Employees bringing there already infected (and also not updated) notebooks from home into the company's network
• 3. Employees can connect from everywhere (from a possible infected computer) through a VPN to the company's network and have unprotected full access to it.

Even firewalls blocking all the traffic on the "NetBIOS" ports can not protect companies from this kind of attacks (and down time) as long as they work irresponsible with their IT infrastructure.

It is very important, that every computer user and admin takes his responsibility to keep system up to date in time.

It is a good idea to subscribe to the announce mailinglists of the vendor/creator of the operating systems and applications you are using on computers you are responsible for, this will keep you informed about updates.

A good starting point with some hints would be on our security link list. If you are a user of our services and/or infrastructure it is also a good idea to subscribe to our Newsletter.

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