Graham Cluley
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Graham Cluley
Graham Cluleyis a British security blogger and the author of grahamcluley.com; a daily blog on the latest computer security news, opinion, and advice...
escaping justice
But there are still a lot escaping justice.
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It wouldn't surprise me if this didn't get the interest of the hacker community.
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The hurricane is a dreadful natural disaster, and it's sickening to think that hackers are prepared to exploit the horrendous situation in an attempt to break into computers for the purposes of spamming, extortion and theft.
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People who receive this viral email won't necessarily believe that it was intended for them or their company, of course, but they may wish to advise the apparent sender that they have sent the message to the wrong person. If anyone opens the attached file, however, they risk infecting their computer and passing on the pox to others.
awhile lowering number
It has been lowering for awhile for a number of reasons,
file internet moved targeted viruses
In 20 years, viruses have moved from floppy disks to file viruses, to e-mail viruses, to Internet worms, to targeted Trojan-horse attacks.
emails mean reading receiving themselves
Receiving or reading the emails themselves does not mean you are infected.
mac operating presented safer virus
This is the first real virus to infect the Mac OS X. It's always been presented and marketed as a much safer operating system.
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This one's not the smartest tool in the box. We've passed the details on and the police are looking into this one.
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Two years ago, the US accounted for over half of all spam sent to the world - now it is less than a quarter, evidence which confirms that more Americans are waking up to the need to protect their home computers from malicious hackers. More and more viruses, worms and Trojan horses are being designed to take over innocent users' computers with the intention of stealing information and sending out junk email campaigns.
famous looks prediction
Two years on, Gates' famous prediction now looks extraordinarily optimistic.
join members share
You have to join MARA to get a sample. They'll share only with members of their club.
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We would still love to see a sample of this and determine if this is a potential threat to our customers. It's a little bit disappointing that they are not sharing the sample.
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There are fortunes to be made from the dark side of the internet, and spammers who are finding it harder to sell goods via bulk email are likely to turn to other criminal activities, ... What the chart reveals is that spammers and virus writers can exploit unprotected computers anywhere in the world to send out their unwanted messages - everyone has a part to play in the fight against spam.