Recently I read a technical article noting that individuals will be the next major “target” of those who create viruses, spyware, and use other sophisticated hacking techniques. The article noted that businesses have plugged many of their internet security holes and that has made it harder for the hackers to compromise the security measures business now uses.
Individual users, however, have not approached internet security with the same zeal as have businesses. The article mentioned that one potential target for attacks on individuals was via interactive websites. For example, our Blog site is an interactive website because it allows anyone to post comments to an article. Presumably, a hacker could post a comment containing programming instructions that could allow access to the computers of those who opened the article containing the comments.
I’m not a computer expert and don’t know if such an attack is possible, much less probable. However, it doesn't make sense to me to take the chance. Accordingly, I have disabled the comments capability in our Blog. This seemed to be the best solution since not many folks have used the comments feature. If a more practical solution to this issue is found I will turn the comments feature back on. Till then, send me an email if you want to pass along any comments you may have.
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