Thieves Winning Online War, Maybe Even in Your Computer
8
Dec
by Chief Geek
Mugging someone at knife-point is so old-school. The bad guys have moved on to more elegant cons, where you may not even realize you’ve been ripped off.
This recent article in the New York Times does a good job of capturing the current threat environment:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/06/technology/internet/06security.html? _r=1&scp=2&sq=computer%20security&st=cse
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at 11:33 pm comment permalink
I bet my computer is full of viruses and spyware, its hard not to be
at 4:19 pm comment permalink
Yes, true. When in doubt, ESET offers a decent online scanner: http://www.eset.com/us/online-scanner