Evolution of The Web : Web 1.0, web 2.0, web 3.0 , web 4.0 , web 5.0 and beyond

EVOLUTION OF THE WORLD WIDE WEB: FROM WEB 1.0 TO WEB 4.0 

Web 1.0, web 2.0, web 3.0 and web 4.0 were described as four generations of the web. The characteristics of the generations are introduced and compared. It is concluded web as an information space has had much progress since 1969 and it is moving toward using artificial intelligent techniques to be as a massive web of highly intelligent interactions in close future.

A story of levels

Web 1, 2, 3 ,4 ... Each level seems to distance the user from the material and technical contingencies, to bring transparency in the exchanges and to open on new functionalities. And since the function creates the organ, it profoundly changes the whole of society.

• Web 1.0: it makes computers talk to each other. We replicate what already exists at the level of contents and dynamics, we remain in the diffusion, of a person towards several. It can be the simple transposition of a product catalog on a commercial site.

• Web 2.0: it makes people talk to each other. Internet users are participants. They are both "consum'actors" and "consumers". They interact. They bring value to the network and tools with the data they publish and manipulate.

• Web 3.0: it makes objects talk to each other, with the emergence of the mobile web and the semantic web. We also speak of the conjunction of the semantic web and the Internet of Things ^[1]. The information is enriched. For example, the date 01 April 2024, which was previously just a succession of characters, becomes an object recognized as a date by the programs. Thus, she can become April 1st, 2024 in a system that translates dates into American English. We can also ask for dates after January 1, 2024, so include documents, such as this one, that speak of April 1, 2024. The same goes for people, places, telephone numbers, geographic coordinates. In short, all that can benefit from not being only text, and take meaning (hence the semantic adjective). The web is intended for these semantic developments with attributes that page developers can add, which allows to..

• Web 4.0: according to David Fayon, in Web 2.0 and beyond ^[2] , it will be about adapting the objects to the behaviors, habits and preferences of the user leaving room for the implicit. This web is not for now, because it requires phenomenal processing power, which could meet the barrier of the evolution of computer components, or the depletion of natural resources. Let's not forget that the internet is becoming more and more greedy in electricity.

History of the Web

Web 0:  The Internet was officially created in 1989 with a proposal from Tim Berners-Lee, a computer scientist working at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). He proposed an open computer network to keep track of research at CERN. He implemented the first successful communication between a web browser and a server via the internet that next year. Beginning with that first website in 1991, the World Wide Web Project, Berners-Lees lobbied professors, students, computer programmers and Internet enthusiasts to create more browsers and servers for the internet.

Web 1.0 : By 1999, there are approximately 3 million web sites [1]. The majority of these sites are static, read-only sites. Users preferred to navigate the web through link directories of Yahoo. Web 1.0 era consisted of search engines.

Web 2.0 :  While Web 1.0 was the read-only Internet, Web 2.0 is the read-write Internet. Web 2.0 participates in content creation through sharing and collaborating, such as social media and blogging. By 2006, there are approximately 85 million websites [1]. In Web 2.0, the two game-changers for the Internet are Wikipedia and Facebook. As discussed in the Socially Enabled Helpwiki, Web 2.0 is really the beginning of collaborative problem solving using the Internet. Individuals query users, via a help website, regarding a problem or issue they may have and receive help from users in their area, country, or anywhere across the globe. As help websites like web forums and wikis mature, along with the Web, business becomes more adept at leveraging these communities to their advantage.

Web 3.0 : The newest form of the Internet, our current Web 3.0, is known as the semantic web. By combining a semantic markup and web services, Web 3.0 promises the potential for machine readable content, developed so machines can directly interact with each other. Web 3.0 means to standardize the systems, languages, publications and tools that have already been developed, as well as provide structure to date and link systems more efficiently for reuse across various applications. Semantics merely add extra information to help users understand the meaning of the information. Web 3.0 links various data items together, (examples such as people, books or songs) to create context, and, in turn, context gives meaning. Web 3.0 also sees the emergence of 3D virtual and interspatial internet, this application goes beyond gaming and is rapidly evolving. Signs of Web 4.0 abound, according to the Forbes magazine article, The Five Most Disruptive Innovations at CES 2014, innovations like wearable devices and embedded sensors are already being developed [2].

By 2016, the Internet has more than 8 billion websites.

A story about the Semantic Web

Web 4.0 is an open, linked and intelligent web. Web 4.0 will also load web pages quicker with impeccable results.According to computer engineers Sareh Aghaei, Mohammad Ali Nematbakhsh, and Hadi Khosravi Farsani, Web 4.0 will be comparable to the human brain [4]. It is often characterised as the Web OS – the entire web being a single operating system where information flows from any one point to any other. Web 4.0 is also known as symbiotic web. The goal of the symbiotic web is interaction between humans and machines in symbiosis. The line between human and device will blur.  Web 4.0 will interact with users in the same way that humans communicate with each other. Web 4.0 environ will be an “always on,” connected world. Users will be able to meet and interact interspatially on the web through the use of avatars. According to futurist Daniel Burrus, phones and other devices will no longer require screens to navigate the internet [5]. Other entertainment systems, such as televisions, will rely on holograms to communicate information [7]. According to the founder of Squidoo Seth Godin, Web 4.0 will require ubiquity, identity, and connection [6] [13].

Throughout the last few decades, Hollywood has produced their vision of the future involving the use of computers. Ironically, many screenwriters, producers, and directors were close with their prediction and depictions of computers. Films such as Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey and Spike Jones’ Her present their own ideas regarding the future of computers and connectedness.

As of 2014, there is currently no definition for Web 4.0. Burrus provides the following example of how the relationship between human and machine will be re-defined:

“Good morning. You’re flying to Boston today. Take a raincoat, it’s raining. By the way, that fight you were taking, it’s already been canceled. Don’t worry about it. There was a mechanical. I’ve already booked you on a new one. I’ll tell you about on the way to the airport. But remember you’re going to exercise every day and I’m here to remind you that you’re going to exercise.”  And you might say, “I don’t know if I want to exercise today,” and It’ll show you a nude profile of yourself.  And you’ll say, “You know what, I think I’m going to exercise today.” [2]

The Internet of People

When Web 4.0 becomes a mature system, it will create a new symbiotic relationship between humans and machines. The emergence of Web 4.0 human – machine communication has already begun. Currently, alarm companies and cable companies have the ability to link two very different businesses for mutual benefit. Consumers now have access to cheap home security using pre-existing broadband and inexpensive web cameras.

The symbiotic relationship will extend to Web 4.0 by acting as a personal assistant or agent for the user. Through the use of facial recognition, an ultra-intelligent electronic agent [5] will recognize users whenever they log onto an internet connected device. The ultra-intelligent electronic agent will constantly be available. The user will determine its’ look and personality via an avatar. Ask the agent a question and it will answer. It will also be intuitive of the user’s needs.

Here is an example of available uses of Web 4.0. Perhaps you are going to a convention and need to book a hotel. Once you are registered for the convention, a window will pop up with suggestions for hotels in the area based on your previous booking criteria.

Already there has been integrations of Web 4.0 in our everyday lives. For instance, when a user visits Youtube or Amazon and creates an account, recommendations for videos and books are listed based off previous searches [7].

The Internet of Daily Life

Web 3.0 began the development of machine-readable content for Web 4.0. This means that smart appliances will be connected to the Internet and will be able to perform tasks without human involvement. For example, through the use of radio frequency identification tags (RFID), your refrigerator will be able to sense that it is running low on milk, and it will contact the grocery store to order more milk. Then, the refrigerator will send you a message on your smart phone to pick up the milk on your way home from work. RFID tags are tracking devices that are already used in cars that use toll highways. They are also used in supply chain systems and automotive assembly and farming.

The use of RFID tags will greatly increase in Web 4.0. RFIDs will create a living, connected web of content, all linked to the Internet. Imagine having all food items tagged at the grocery store so you do not have to unpack your order at the check-out. The cashier, if there is one, will simply scan your whole cart and give you the grocery total. Web 4.0 will also allow grocery store management to properly predict how many products they should carry. This will also allow grocery stores to decrease the amount of wasted food, like perishables such as fruit and vegetables [13]. With the connected web, an individual, when traveling home, may pass a grocery store and will be instantly notified to pick up something he or she may need, such as milk [7].

Another fundamental characteristic, as noted by Karan Patel, is the combination of virtual reality into the user’s everyday life. For instance, the user will be able to Google their home to search for misplaced items, such as car keys or a cellphone [4].

With the integration of Web 4.0 into daily life, even travel directions will be revolutionized [9]. Constantine Valhouli suggests that Google Maps will soon contain mash-ups providing directions, narratives, and coordinates [9]. It can provide instructions that reduce ten minutes of typical commuting time by providing alternative route. However, according to Faris Yakoub of McCann Erickson, New York, one of the most innovative characteristics of Web 4.0 will be the integration of social media into travel [9]. Yakoub uses the example of re-routing your way to work in order to bump into an old friend [9], or if taking a ‘sick’ day off of work, an individual may be able to avoid their boss. Both of these are examples of how Web 4.0 can reinvent social interaction.

The Internet of Business

As mentioned, the use of RFIDs is already commonplace in many industries, and is constantly expanding. Another area that will be very different with Web 4.0 is retail shopping. With the development of 3D browsers, shoppers, via their avatar, will be able to virtually and interspatially travel the web and go into showrooms and stores to browse for products they like. If they decide to purchase an item, they would receive a message on their device from their personal assistant letting them know if same item is less expensive at another site. Author Lief Larson suggests that Web 4.0 will revolutionize customer service because of the complete control of the customer. Customers will access a particular website, such as Amazon or Ebay, and will use audio and video equipment to communicate their requests with a noted representative of the business.

Journalist Jean-Paul Edwards writes that companies will be able to establish links with other companies using Web 4.0 to offer new services at a lower price [8]. Edwards references the merger of Comcast and AT&T, which link two very different businesses for mutual benefit offering an inexpensive home security system using the Internet and video surveillance, allowing homeowners to continuously check in on their homes. Web 4.0 will allow various types of companies to share information and combine their services for everyone [8].

In addition, Edwards notes the impact on other services such as bus transportation. Edwards uses the example of Google Driverless cars that rely on signals from signs in order to navigate buses on their respective routes. Although this could save money by eliminating the cost of bus drivers, liability and legal issues still need to be addressed.

Building construction will also be affected because buildings typically have 20-30 environmental systems, such as lighting and water [9]. Web 4.0 will literally be the “Internet of Things,” as every appliance will be given an IP address. Constantine Valhouli also suggests that the market industry will soon develop the first “intelligent buildings”. These buildings will have an IP Platform in which all of the building systems will be integrated using Web 4.0. Sensors will also be placed in the building systems and appliances and will be able to detect if there are changes. One building that has already experimented with Web 4.0 in their building systems and appliances is the Hotel 100 in Seattle, Washington. At Hotel 100, minibars in every room of the hotel are wired to the Internet. Streams of data can be instantly transferred from the minibar back to hotel management. Matt Hagerman, the general manager of the Hotel 100, claims that this connectivity allows hotel management to recognize the needs of guests, and even grant them special perks. For instance, if a guest purchases ten drinks from the minibar in their hotel room, Hagerman and his staff receive data information, and, in turn, will send the guests a round of free drinks. Hagerman even admitted to surprising some guests with a bottle of Jack Daniels the next time they book a hotel stay, and additionally claims that Web 4.0 will revolutionize businesses, (like Hotel 100). The integration of “intelligent buildings” and connected IP Platforms allows Hagerman’s employees to focus on other tasks, while the intelligent system automatically enters the data from the minibar [9].

The Internet of Medicine

Biomedical chip implant technology, currently in its infancy, will emerge with Web 4.0 to alleviate many diseases of the body. As of October 2014, a woman in a Toronto hospital has partial sight restored after a surgery that placed retinal implants in her eyes [10]. Biomedical chip implants bridge the gap between human and machine, allowing the machine to communicate with the brain and to restore function that was previously lost to disease. Another Web 4.0 example of the symbiosis of human and machine is the Braingate Neural Interface System [11] which is being developed by a team of physicians, scientists and engineers from Brown University. The goal of Braingate Neural Interface System is to re-enable the severely disabled, and give them the ability to control a cursor on a computer screen or to type on a virtual keyboard, simply by thinking about the movement of one’s own hand.

Conclusion

Since 1989, the Internet has progressed from read-only sites to the current, semantic web of 3.0. The web of today will eventually progress into the ultra-intelligent, open linked, Web 4.0. The future web of 4.0 will provide connections between human and machine to create interactive data for a new, symbiotic Internet.

Expectations of constant connectivity in Web 4.0 will affect many sectors of daily life. The use of Web 4.0 in everyday activities will help symbiosis between humans and machines. With the use of intelligent data, virtual realities will become more and more common. Introducing RFID tags into appliances regularly found within a home will help connections not only between humans and machines, but also interrelations between machines. These appliances and applications will be intuitive to the users’ needs [7].

Web 4.0 will also change the future of both business and medical fields. Again, RFID tags will be added to different businesses to help improve the experiences of shoppers. Web 4.0 will be consumer driven, and will give complete control to the shoppers. Additionally, the symbiotic web will help create “intelligent buildings.” Similar to helping improve users’ lives, the “intelligent buildings” will use sensors and IP platforms to continuously update information about the individual staying at the hotel [9]. The connection between buildings and machine may one day remove the need for hotel personnel. Moreover, the medical field will greatly change with the future inclusion of Web 4.0. Medicine will ultimately support the interconnection of human and machine, allowing ill patients the ability to heal with symbiotic systems.

The future of Web 4.0 is meant to revolutionize the daily lives of humans. By creating interrelationships between human and machine, Web 4.0 will give users unique and interconnected social and personal lives. This open, linked and intelligent interface will be the future of the Internet.






The Next Web of Open, Linked Data  and Intelligent Web = Emotional Web
nothing is impossible, is this possible?

Web 5.0 will be telepathic in which you just think of the question and know it instantly or open website by thought,

Web 6.0 will be embedded to your nervous system, in which you get to experience website or videos in a virtual reality,

Web 7.0 is probably life creation with matter energy manipulation to acheive any effect etc,

Web 8.0 true omnipotent powers, able to reshape reality itself etc.. Web 9.0 ??? Web 10.0 ???

Sir Tim delivered his Turing Award Lecture at the ACM Web Science Conference in Amsterdam on
May 29, 2018, titled "What is the World Wide Web and what is its future? What could it be, what should it be? What is the Web we want?

References

[1] Internetlivestats – http://www.internetlivestats.com/total-number-of-websites

[2] The Five Most Disruptive Innovations at CES 2014 – http://www.forbes.com/sites/bigbangdisruption/2014/01/10/the-five-most-disruptive-innovations-at-ces-2014/

[3] Web 1.0 vs. Web 2.0 vs. Web 3.0 vs. Web 4.0 – A Bird’s Eye on the Evolution and Definition – http://flatworldbusiness.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/dia85.jpg

[4] Incremental Journal for World Wide Web: Introduced with Web 1.0 to Recent Web 5.0 – A Survey Paper – http://www.ijarcsse.com/docs/papers/Volume_3/10_October2013/V3I10-0149.pd

[5] The Ultra-Intelligent Electronic Agent is Coming – http://bigthink.com/big-think-tv/web-40-the-ultra-intelligent-electronic-agent-is-coming

[6] Seth’s Blog: Web4 – http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2007/01/web4.html

[7] Web 4.0 Era is Upon Us – http://www.pcworld.com/article/143110/article.html

[8] What might Web 4.0 look like and should you be preparing?  – http://www.imediaconnection.com/content/34206.asp

[9] Web 4.0, The Internet of Things: : http://thehammersmithgroup.com/images/reports/web4.pdf

[10]  The Globe and Mail -http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/bionic-eye-implant-gives-retinal-disease-patients-second-chance-to-see/article21112012/

[11] Braingate – http://braingate2.org/

[12] Web 4.0: The Era of Online – 

http://www.business2community.com/online-marketing/web-4-0-the-era-of-online-engagement-0113733

[13] The Internet of Things 4.0 –

http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Internet-of-Things-Web-40

[14] Semantic Web 2008 – http://readwrite.com/2008/01/17/semantic_wave_2008_free_report

credit source :

International Journal of Web & Semantic Technology (IJWesT) Vol.3, No.1, January 2012
http://www.ftsm.ukm.my/ss/Book/EVOLUTION%20OF%20WWW.pdf

http://netizen3.org/index.php/Web_1.0,_web_2.0,_web_3.0,_web_4.0

https://stephenletts.wordpress.com/web-4-0/

https://www.slideshare.net/joh5700/web-40-and-beyond-12645305

http://knowstartup.com/2016/01/web-4-0-electronic-agents/

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Adobe Create the Web Tour (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

Want to find out how Adobe is helping move the web forward and get an exclusive sneak peek at new tools, technologies and services for web designers and developers?

Join us for our free half-day event to learn about the latest tools and techniques for creating content for the modern web.

Adobe's top experts will cover all the latest HTML5, CSS3, motion graphics, web development and more - an overview of new tools to create experiences that push the boundaries of possibilities on the web.


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Register:
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Date: 22 January 2013, Tuesday
Time: 9am to 1pm

Venue:
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Concourse Level, One World Hotel
First Avenue, Bandar Utama City Centre
47800 Petaling Jaya, Selangor

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Terkini - Pengodam Laman Portal Malaysia Dikenal Pasti

PETALING JAYA: Polis telah memiliki maklumat penggodam-penggodam yang menyerang laman web rasmi kerajaan www.malaysia.gov.my pada Rabu lalu.

Bagaimanapun Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif CyberSecurity Malaysia, Leftenan Kolonel Datuk Husin Jazri berkata, maklumat lanjut mengenai serangan tersebut hanya dapat didedahkan setelah serangan penggodam berhenti sepenuhnya dan penyiasatan serta post-mortem dilakukan.

Menurutnya, laman www.malaysia.gov.my telah pun kembali pulih dan beroperasi seperti biasa.

Katanya, serangan penggodaman itu masih lagi berlaku tetapi pada kadar yang minimum berbanding sebelum ini.

"Kebanyakan laman web yang digodam telah pun kembali beroperasi. Hanya segelintir yang masih belum pulih dan kini di dalam proses pembaikan.

"Namun tiada apa-apa maklumat kerajaan atau data yang hilang, bocor atau dirosakkan oleh penggodam," katanya dalam satu kenyataan di sini , Jumaat.

Kumpulan yang menggelar diri mereka, Anonymous menyerang laman web kerajaan pada pukul 7.30 malam GMT, Rabu (3.30 pagi waktu Malaysia) dengan menamakannya sebagai 'Operasi Malaysia'.

Anonymous mendakwa kerajaan melarang tayangan filem dan televisyen selain mengehadkan Internet yang bagi kumpulan itu ia adalah hak asasi manusia yang asas.

Mengenai jumlah laman web yang digodam, Husin memberitahu, bilangan masih berubah-ubah disebabkan oleh serangan yang masih lagi berlaku.

Tambahnya, atas sebab-sebab keselamatan, pihaknya tidak dapat menyatakan jumlah terkini laman web yang digodam.

"Kini, tumpuan diberikan kepada usaha-usaha membaik pulih laman-laman web yang digodam dan membantu mereka mengembalikan operasi laman-laman web seperti biasa," jelasnya.

Husin turut menasihati semua pemilik sistem, sama ada di sektor awam mahupun organisasi swasta agar sentiasa berwaspada dan mengambil langkah-langkah yang perlu bagi memastikan keselamatan laman web mereka.

Ini kerana, katanya, ancaman penggodam bukan hanya tertumpu kepada laman-laman web milik kerajaan sahaja.

Mereka juga diminta supaya merujuk kepada CyberSecurity Malaysia, sekiranya laman web mereka digodam atau sekiranya mereka mengesyaki berlaku cubaan serangan.

Hubungi CyberSecurity Malaysia di Pusat Bantuan Cyber999 melalui saluran yang tertera di bawah:

E-mel : cyber999@cybersecurity.my atau mycert@mycert.org.my

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Waktu kerja: Isnin hingga Jumaat dari 8.30 pagi hingga 5.30 petang.

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Polis telah mengesan pengodam a.k.a Anonymous laman web Malaysia  

Polis mendapat petunjuk baru mengenai pihak yang menggodam laman web rasmi kerajaan dan swasta sehingga mengakibatkan sekurang-kurangnya 41 laman web agensi kerajaan mengalami gangguan sejak semalam.

Timbalan Ketua Polis Negara, Datuk Seri Khalid Abu Bakar ketika mengesahkan perkara itu, bagaimanapun enggan mendedahkan petunjuk tersebut kerana bimbang menganggu siasatan.

 “Masih awal lagi untuk kita dedahkan siapa yang terlibat kerana siasatan sedang berjalan. Kita sedang membantu Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia (SKMM) untuk menangani isu tersebut,” katanya pada sidang akhbar di sini hari ini.

Menurut SKMM, sebanyak 51 laman web tempatan telah digodam sehingga awal pagi ini menyebabkan 41 daripadanya mengalami gangguan pada tahap yang berbeza.

Serangan itu berlaku ekoran kenyataan sebuah kumpulan dikenali Anonymous untuk menggodam laman web rasmi kerajaan www.malaysia.gov.my semalam dengan alasan kononnya kerajaan mengenakan sekatan Internet.

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Cops tracing source of hacker video message

The Star (15 June 2010)

PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian police have started investigations into who posted the YouTube video message allegedly from the Anonymous hacker group.

Asst Comm Mohd Kamaruddin Md Din, head of the CyberSecurity and Multimedia Investigation Di-vision, at the Commercial Division of the Royal Malaysian Police, said they would be liaising with the telecommunications industry watchdog.

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) is the industry regulator.

"We have advised the relevant agencies involved to be alert following the threat," Kamaruddin said.

The video message posted yesterday said the hacker group was going to attack the www.malaysia.gov.my portal because the MCMC had banned several file-sharing websites, as well as for several other reasons. A similar message was also posted on another website.

CyberSecurity Malaysia, which is responsible for safeguarding the nation's borders in cyberspace, said it takes all cyberthreats seriously.

"We are aware of the hacker threat and we believe that the threat is real. We have alerted the relevant parties and government agencies," said Lt Col (Rtd) Datuk Husin Jazri, chief executive officer of CyberSecurity Malaysia.

It was learnt that a high-level emergency meeting took place yesterday between the relevant authorities, including the National Security Council and CyberSecurity Malaysia, over the threat.

http://www.cybersecurity.my/en/knowledge_bank/news/2011/main/detail/2051/index.html

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Attack on govt website will be prevented, says Rais (Updated)
The Star (15 June 2011)

KUALA LUMPUR: The country's cyber security authorities are working towards preventing a planned attack on Malaysian government website www.malaysia.gov.my, said Information, Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim.

However, he declined to elaborate on the preventive actions, saying that they were confidential.

A hacker group, calling itself Anonymous has threatened to launch the attack on the government's official website at about 3.30am Thursday.

The group said in a Youtube posting that it was acting against the various forms of censorship by the Malaysian government and the recent move to block 10 file-sharing websites.

Dr Rais added that the hacker group had misunderstood the government's intention in blocking the 10 filesharing websites.

"We do not have censorship, except when crimes are committed through cyberspace," he said, adding that the ministry was taking the threats very seriously.

Meanwhile, Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Khalid Abu Bakar said the police was aware of the hack threat and was working with the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC)to investigate the issue.

He added that there was a rise in cyber crimes including the misuse of the Internet for criminal activities.

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Setelah MCMC mengeluarkan kenyataan berkenaan halaman yang digodam semalam, kini Menteri Penerangan Komunikasi dan Kebudayaan Malaysia, iaitu Rais Yatim telah pun mengeluarkan kenyataan daripada pihak mereka, mengatakan sebanyak 198 laman web rasmi kerajaan telah digodam sehingga kini.

Menariknya berkenaan perkara ini adalah dimana lebih 90% daripada penggodamnya adalah dari dalam negara, iaitu dari Malaysia sendiri, dan bukannya pihak luar. Walaupun, kami di Amanz melihatnya ianya sebagai salah satu tanda protes keatas tindakan SKMM menghalang akses ke lebih 10 laman perkongsian tempatan, menurut pihak Rais Yatim, mereka percaya ianya bermotifkan politik serta pada masa yang sama bertujuan cuba melakukan sabotaj ke atas kerajaan Malaysia.

Pada masa yang sama, ianya juga dikatakan yang mana kerajaan telah meminta Jabatan Peguam Negara, Polis Diraja Malaysia, SKMM, MAMPU, dan agensi kerajaan yang lain mengumpulkan data-data yang berkaitan dengan perkara ini.

Sebelum ini, pada awal minggu ini, kumpulan pengodam yang dipanggil Anonymous telah menghantar mesej cabaran kepada kerajaan Malaysia dalam bentuk video dan juga sebuah imej, sebagai tanda lawan kerana penghalangan akses ke beberapa laman luar.

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Cyber / Hackers Attack: A few precautions on protecting your websites and applications -

As most of us already aware, a local newspaper has reported that a foreign group, which calls itself Anonymous, launch a cyber attack at 3.30am Thursday 16 June 2011 (Malaysian time) and has named it “Operation Malaysia.” [http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/6/15/nation/8902375&sec=nation]. Their target will be website www.malaysia.gov.my. In wake of this event, TM Data Centre team would like to inform you that we will be monitoring closely all security equipment that we have on our data centres and stay on high alert for any sign of security breach attempt to our data centre network. Our team is putting more effort to ensure our security equipment are working at optimum level to protect data centre network and our valued customers.

We would also like to advise you to take a few precautions on protecting your websites and applications. We need to stress again that our security equipment are generally work at network level and traffic signature based only. This means they are not designed to protect website contents/coding and web applications. Unfortunately most successful attacks nowadays are web application attacks and probably including the one which will take place tomorrow morning. This kind of attacks are at the application level such as the notorious SQL Injection and XSS vulnerability attack. In order to protect your web application, listed below are some actions that you need to take which are (modified) tips provided on this link [http://www.eukhost.com/forums/f15/how-prevent-website-being-hacked-6024/]:

Avoid using older versions of software as they are insecure. Use the latest release which includes few security fixes and functionality as well.

2. 3rd Party Scripts and Code

Plug-in, widgets or any other code you usually install are written by other people under unknown circumstances. Make sure you research any code you wish to use but you haven't written yourself.

3. Using exploited PC

One of the biggest reasons of Identity theft and an easy way for someone to fetch confidential details to your site(s). Your personal computer could well turn out to be a weak link in this. It could be anything, from an infected PowerPoint file or someone phishing your account details, the vulnerabilities are too many to consider. No matter how secure your actual website is, if the machine you use to access, log in and edit your web pages is infected you stand a grave risk of being compromised and its outcome may be more than just the effect on your site. Use antivirus scans, clear logs, secure your passwords and be aware of general security issues. Public wifi spots are also a security risk.

4. Secure Passwords for your website and database

A secure password goes a long way in making it difficult for a potential infiltrator to intrude into. Your passwords should always be a combination of letters, numbers and special characters. The longer the password, the better. You can also generate a random password which is even more secure.

5. Checking Your Website Logs Regularly

If you spot any unusual traffic spike in your website stats (ranking for gambling, pharmaceuticals and sex terms is a common one) try working out where it is coming from and going to. From there if you can make sure whether it is a hack.

6. Backups:-

Taking the backups regularly alone won't protect your website from being hacked. In case of hack you will need to take care of the following:-
* Records of IP's accessing your website
* Pre hack backup of your website including the latest updates.

We hope that your websites and web applications will not be affected in any way by the alleged attack. As mentioned earlier, our security equipment can only work effectively on network layer but in any event that you unsure or believe that your website or web application is showing any symptom of being attacked, please feel free to contact us so that we can advise or suggest to you some mitigation measures for your website or web application.  

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PANDUAN PEMASANGAN &KONFIGURASI MOD_SECURITY BAGI APACHE

Kepada pengguna server web Apache boleh kemaskinikan Mod_Security

Mod_Security adalah merupakan open source firewall bagi aplikasi web yang digunakan bersama-sama dengan server web Apache bagi menangani serangan DDoS HTTP. Mod_Security boleh digunakan pada server web Apache 1.3.x dan 2.0.x

PEMASANGAN MOD_SECURITY PADA WINDOWS APACHE 2

1. Muat turun versi terkini mod_security untuk Ms Windows di URL http://www.apachelounge.com/download/mods/mod_security-2.6.0-win32.zip

2. Cipta folder ‘/modules/mod_security2’ pada Apache dan salin fail-fail‘pcre.dll’, ‘libxml2.dll’ dan ‘mod_security2.so’ ke folder tersebut.

3. Muat turun fail ‘http://www.modsecurity.org/download/modsecurity-core-rules_2.5-1.6.1.tar.gz’ dan ekstrak fail berkenaan ke folder ‘/conf/modsecurity’ pada Apache.

4. Memasang aplikasi ‘Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package’.

 

KONFIGURASI MOD_SECURITY

5. Edit fail ‘httpd.conf’ bagi memasang modul Mod_Security pada Apache

# Memasang Mod_Security

LoadModule security2_module modules/mod_security2/mod_security2.so

LoadModule unique_id_module modules/mod_unique_id.so

<IfModule mod_security.c>

# Basic configuration options

SecRuleEngine On

SecRequestBodyAccess On

SecResponseBodyAccess Off

SecDefaultAction log,auditlog,deny,status:403,phase:2,t:lowercase,t:replaceNulls,t:compressWhitespace

SecAuditEngine RelevantOnly

SecAuditLogType Serial

SecAuditLog logs/mod_security2.log

# Handling of file uploads

# SecUploadDir /opt/apache-frontend/tmp/

SecUploadKeepFiles Off

# Debug log

SecDebugLog logs/modsec_debug.log

SecDebugLogLevel 0

# Maximum request body size we will

# accept for buffering

SecRequestBodyLimit 131072

# Store up to 128 KB in memory

SecRequestBodyInMemoryLimit 131072

# Buffer response bodies of up to

# 512 KB in length

SecResponseBodyLimit 524288

## General rules

SecRule ARGS "c:/" t:normalisePathWin

SecRule ARGS "\.\./" "t:normalisePathWin,id:99999,severity:4,msg:'Drive Access'"

SecRule ARGS "d:/" t:normalisePathWin

</IfModule>

Include conf/modsecurity/*.conf

 

MENGAKTIFKAN MOD_SECURITY

6. Restart Apache untuk mengaktifkan Mod_Security

 

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Lebih Daripada 90 Halaman Web Digodam semalam

Seperti sedia maklum, kumpulan pengodam yang dinamakan Anonymous telah pun mengatakan yang mana mereka akan godam laman kerajaan, Malaysia.gov.my pada pagi ini, sekitar 3 pagi kelak. Namun begitu, lebih awal daripada itu, ianya kelihatan beberapa laman kerajaan telah pun diserang oleh penyokong mereka.

Antara laman web yang telah digodam, termasuklah halaman web CIDB.gov.my, JBiotech.gov.my, UiTM Penang, TourMalaysia.com.my, KRU Studios, Parlimen.gov.my dan beberapa laman lagi. Laman Malaysia.gov.my juga kelihatan seperti tidak boleh diakses, dan seperti dibawa ke halaman Staging.Malaysia.gov.my. Buat masa ini, ianya kelihatan yang mana beberapa laman web telah digantikan halamannya, serta beberapa yang lain digodam menggunakan DDOS.

 Yes World menyediakan laporan awal pengodaman tersebut, dimana ianya dilihat lebih 20 disenaraikan samada digodam ataupun ditutup.

 
COVERAGE OF ATTACK:

Hacker group Anonymous launched their attack on websites owned by Malaysia's government in an effort dubbed 'Operation Malaysia'. In a statement posted on several online portals such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, the vigilante group revealed the reasons behind the attack, saying that it was done to teach the country's administration a lesson for censoring whistle blower site WikiLeaks, as well as the recent blocking of file-sharing websites which they claim is in violation of human rights. Multiple websites were brought down in the attack, although reports on the number of those affected varied from once source to another.

Cyber-attack on local websites can last for days

Internet sites block not rights violation, says DPM

51 govt websites attacked, 41 disrupted

Malaysian govt websites hacked

General : 51 Government Websites Attacked

41 Malaysian government websites hacked

MCMC shrugs off Operation Malaysia, says ‘little impact’

Hackers attack Malaysian government websites (Reuters)

Hackers attack Malaysian government websites

Government portal, NST site down; 27 others defaced

Hackers attack Malaysian government websites

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List of government websites that was attacked by hacker group Anonymous with the help of local hacking group in ‘Operation Malaysia’.

Malaysia Official Government Website
(DoS / Switched off - Up at 3:49am - Down at 4:06am - Up at 7:00am - Down at 3:31pm)

Other Malaysian wesites:

SabahTourism.com	Hacked + leaked
Jabatan Perdana Menteri	Hacked / Redirected
Tour Malaysia (Not Tourism Malaysia)	Hacked
Tourism Malaysia	Unaffected
UiTM Penang	Hacked but back up	9:40am
JBiotech	Hacked
Social Welfare Department (Ezi2Care)	Hacked
Jabatan Perpaduan Negara (Intranet)	Hacked
CIMBbizchannel (CIMB owned)	Hacked
CIDB	Hacked but back up	12:20am
Land Public Transport Commision	Hacked but back up	12:15am
1Malaysia	DoS / Switched off	3:45am
Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission	Unaffected
ASEANConnect	DoS / Switched off	8:00am
Malaysian Meteorological Service	DoS / Switched off
Ministry of Education	DoS / Switched off	9:00am
Suruhanjaya Pilihanraya Malaysia	DoS / Switched off	8:30am
Bomba	DoS / Switched off	8:30am
TMNet	Unaffected
Kementerian Kerja Raya Malaysia	DoS / Switched off	7:45am
Parlimen Malaysia	DoS / Switched off	8:00am
Malaysian Treasury	DoS / Switched off	8:00 am
University Kebangsaan Malaysia	DoS / Switched off	7:00am
Jobs Malaysia	DoS / Switched off	8:00am
Information, Communications and Culture	DoS / Switched off	7:45am
Human Resouce Ministry	DoS / Switched off	3:59am
National Sports Council	DoS / Switched off	7:30am
Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM)	DoS / Switched off	8:00am

 

 

http://world.yes.my/?q=ytlc&id=511

 

Lanjutan daripada pengodaman dan serangan siber pada malam semalam, Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia telah pun mengumumkan yang mana sebanyak 51 web .gov.my telah diserang. Selain daripada web .gov.my, ianya juga diketahui yang mana sebanyak 40 web tempatan yang lain telah diserang, menjadikan angka keseluruhan sebanyak 91 web.

SKMM telah pun mengeluarkan kenyataan rasmi mereka, dimana melaluinya, ianya diperkatakan yang serangan bermula sekitar pukul 11.30 malam, dan beberapa halaman web gov.my telah diserang pada pelbagai tahap.

Walaubagaimanapun, menurut mereka, semua halaman web yang diserang telah dikembalikan seperti sediakala, dan melalui pemerhatian SKMM, serangan mula berkurangan pada 4.00 pagi. Ianya juga diperkatakan yang mana impak serangan halaman web tersebut pada para pengguna tempatan adalah amat minima.

Menurut SKMM lagi, sebanyak 76 web telah pun beroperasi seperti asal kembali, dan selebihnya dalam proses pengembalian. Walaubagaimanapun, ianya tidak begitu menjejaskan sebarang perkhidmatan secara keseluruhannya, dan dapat beroperasi secara lancar sepanjang hari ini.

Salah satu laman komuniti tempatan yang turut diserang adalah GengBlogger. Untuk mengatasi sebarang perkara yang tidak diingini, ianya diminta anda membuat salinan pangkalan data dan fail-fail penting sebagai langkah keselamatan, selain memastikan laman yang anda layari adalah sah, dan bukannya laman phishing dan sebagainya.

Pada masa yang sama, SKMM meminta para pengguna yang mempunyai sebarang informasi berkaitan untuk melaporkan kepada pihak yang berkenaan.

Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission issues statement on #OpMalaysia

Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 06/16/2011 - 03:37

AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM THE MALAYSIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MULTIMEDIA COMMISSION (MCMC) IN RELATION TO THE HACKING OF MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT WEBSITES BY UNKNOWN HACKERS

Cyberjaya – Regarding the threat by unknown hackers to attack websites with the .gov.my domain, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) confirms that there were indeed attempts to hack several websites, including www.skmm.gov.my.  The attempt to hack MCMC’s website was not successful.

These attacks started at approximately 11.30pm, on 15 June 2011. We are able to confirm that 51 .gov.my websites were attacked and there has been disruption at various levels to at least 41 of those websites.  However, we do not expect the overall recovery to these websites to take long as most websites have already recovered from the attack.

Our monitoring of the situation showed that there was a reduced level of attacks by 4.00am this morning and upon further evaluation, so far we gauge that there has been little impact on Malaysian users as a result of this attack.

MCMC’s Network Security Center has been making concerted efforts to mitigate the attacks around the clock and will continue to work with other enforcement agencies and security experts as well service providers to monitor the situation.

The public is advised to report any information they may have regarding the identity of these hackers as the act to disrupt network services is a serious offence, which is punishable by law.”

http://news.hitb.org/content/mcmc-issues-statement-opmalaysia

Cyberjaya – Further to the statement that was made by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) this morning on the issue of the hacking of Government websites by unknown hackers, MCMC is able to confirm that most of the attacks were Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks which made it difficult for Internet users to access the websites.

In total, MCMC’s Network Security Centre detected service outages to 91 websites, 51 of which are Government-related websites. Out of the 91 websites, 76 have been recovered, so far with work continuing to achieve speedy recovery as soon as possible.  Typically, if a website has been hacked, website administrators would have to evaluate the damage caused by the attack and then proceed to restore access to the website. In most cases, strengthening of the security measures will also be part of the process. 

As of 4.00pm this afternoon, most Government-related websites are accessible to the public and have either not been affected by the service outages or have recovered from the attacks.

The MCMC would like to advise the public to exercise due caution as they would whenever making a transaction over the Internet.

 

http://www.malaysianwireless.com/2011/06/91-websites-in-malaysia-attacked/

 

 

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