February 19th, 2008
What Are They Up To Now?
Do cyber-criminals ever take a day off?
As 2006 came to a close, scammers took advantage of the public’s relaxed mode, our interest in online holiday shopping, and our expectation of receiving electronic messages from friends and family. A Happy New Year’s Trojan horse made the rounds, containing an attachment that, if opened, downloaded malicious software from the Net and began using the infected machine to send spam to other computers.