3 Points Regarding Blog and Video Viruses
Posted by nicholelm on April 11, 2007
Evidence
The evidence that I see for blogs and videos to become highly used methods for virus transmittal is mainly the history and evolution of viruses and user handling/training. The average user becomes accustomed to a particular level of security, then a new variant or method of intrusion comes along. Right now social networking is gigantic and widely popular. Users are commenting and writing blogs, watching video content, and participating on message boards as part of their everyday lives. It only makes sense that virus, worm, and other malware creators are going to target these methods to further their mission.
New Opportunities for IT Technicians
There may not be NEW opportunities necessarily, but there also will not be any fewer positions for IT Technicians. Despite rigorous security measures taken by organizations and users, there will always be new threats abounding and likely transmitted more so by way of blogs and videos. IT Technicians will need to continue learning about new threats and threat carriers.
Skills
The most prevalent skills required of the IT Technician are learning and communication. Learning is paramount so that the technician can stay on top of the upcoming threats and possibly ward them off or block them before they become a reality within the organization. Communication is very important because transmission via blogs and videos is much more a social engineering technique of which the users need to be trained to be aware of. The more aware the users are the less of a problem blog and video viruses may turn out to be.
