TrendMicro reveals hackers’ top 10 tricks to get data
Wednesday, December 24. 2008
NAUGHTY, NOT NICE: Unsuspecting online shoppers could have their personal information stolen by hackers if they don’t exercise some caution
TrendMicro Inc, the nation’s top software company, yesterday published a list of the top 10 ways hackers commit identity theft involving unsuspecting online shoppers during the holiday season.
As the public goes online to purchase Christmas or New Year’s presents, hackers find ways to infect both business and personal computers, as well as steal personal information from Internet shoppers, the computer security company said in a release.
Internet criminals often create false online stores to lure shoppers with incredible discounts or promotions. An example is a false advertisement for Apple Inc’s popular iPhone that attracted shoppers to make a purchase on a fake site and infected their computers with the malicious TROJ_AYFONE.A virus to steal credit card and personal information, TrendMicro said.
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