http://www.idprotectionexpert.com Data Security and Privacy Compliance Solutions for Businesses Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:32:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.idprotectionexpert.com/swine-flu-and-computer-viruses/468 http://www.idprotectionexpert.com/swine-flu-and-computer-viruses/468#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 17:43:16 +0000 Nicole Friel http://www.idprotectionexpert.com/swine-flu-and-computer-viruses/468 As the world is in fear of the Swine flu virus writers and spam sources are taking advantage of this opportunity to infect computers as well. 2% of all spam currently is related to Swine Flu, generating internet congestion on email providers. Part of what makes a virus writer successful in delivering attacks and establishing avenues of propagation is feeding on current fears and enticing users to open up emails or web links believing they are legitimate information sources. Successful cyber attacks are as much as a technical feat as well as understanding the psychology of potential victims.

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