By Glenn D. Tiffert
Google’s recent revelation that its servers have been attacked by hackers, and that Chinese, US and European human rights activists have been affected, has drawn more attention to internet security. But in fact, any computer plugged into the internet may be probed by automated agents dozens-if not thousands-of times a day. These agents check a long list of documented and undocumented vulnerabilities, looking for any that exist in your system. The agents are indiscriminate.
