Controlled Chaos [Internet Security]

We need to exploit the science of order and disorder to protect networks against coming generations of superworms. Internet security professionals are, by occupational temperament, a pretty nervous bunch. But lately they´ve had more reason than ever to be jumpy. Early this year, a new kind of worm, known as Storm, began to sweep through the Internet. It hasn´t received much attention in the mainstream press, but it has given security professionals more than a few sleepless nights. Storm is far more sophisticated than previous worms, because it uses peer-to-peer technologies and other novel techniques to evade detection and to spread. The popular press hasn´t paid much attention to Storm, because it has yet to wreak devastating havoc on businesses, as some previous worms have. But we shouldn´t be fooled by that relative quiet: Storm´s designers appear to be biding their time, building an attack network far more disruptive than any before seen.