Moles steal too, but for governments or other companies. While there is no surefire way to single out a would-be hacker, corporations are taking a more serious look at how to avoid hiring these individuals. Approaches short of psychological profiling can be very effective, and are becoming more widely employed, such as background checks, polygraphs, online monitoring, online name searches, employee counseling and awareness training. Whether the motivation is curiosity, ego, competition with fellow hackers, control, hacktivism, revenge or greed, there is a subculture out there that is actively plotting its next move. Love Bug can be seen as an evolutionary link in the hacking chain.
Solutions require responsible engagement across the Internet community.
Love Bug was just one more wake up call that corporations, governments, educational institutions and individuals must collaborate to get out in front of the next intrusion, virus or threat. This is not a time to bury our heads in the sand or consider throwing our computers out a window. Organizations and individuals must stop being easy targets for cyber criminals . Both businesses and government agencies need to make information security a much higher priority, with active executive level support for cybercrime prevention. A big part of that commitment means creating, implementing and enforcing a robust information security plan.