saipothuri
11-12-2006, 11:42 PM
As people grow wise to e-mail scams, criminal gangs will find new ways to commit online fraud, sell fake goods, or steal corporate secrets.
"The attacks are becoming more sophisticated," said Dave Rand of Internet security firm Trend Micro. "It's all about making money. And they're making a lot of it," he told Reuters.
In 2007, hackers will be scouring social networking sites such as MySpace to gather information for more focused attacks on people's computers.
"It is definitely an area that is ripe for more exploitation by malware (malicious software)," said Ed English, Trend Micro's chief technology officer for anti-spyware.
People could find their computers infected with viruses that secretly record all their keystrokes or send out millions of spam e-mail messages.
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=V5DA3UJOBVBK2QSNDLOSK H0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=196602930
"The attacks are becoming more sophisticated," said Dave Rand of Internet security firm Trend Micro. "It's all about making money. And they're making a lot of it," he told Reuters.
In 2007, hackers will be scouring social networking sites such as MySpace to gather information for more focused attacks on people's computers.
"It is definitely an area that is ripe for more exploitation by malware (malicious software)," said Ed English, Trend Micro's chief technology officer for anti-spyware.
People could find their computers infected with viruses that secretly record all their keystrokes or send out millions of spam e-mail messages.
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=V5DA3UJOBVBK2QSNDLOSK H0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=196602930