Internet / Network Security

  1. Home
  2. Computing & Technology
  3. Internet / Network Security

Network Security Blog

From Tony Bradley, CISSP-ISSAP, for About.com

Beware Brazilian Plane Crash Malware

Friday July 20, 2007
It is fairly inevitable. When there is a major event or catastrophe in the world, people are interested in learning more about it and friends and family share details via email. It is equally inevitable that malware authors will capitalize on the heightened interest. Currently, there are malware threats circulating on the Internet which use the recent plane crash tragedy in Brazil to lure users into opening the attachments or clicking on the links and infecting their computer. Read this article from Network World for more details.

Comments

No comments yet. Leave a Comment

Leave a Comment

Line and paragraph breaks are automatic. Some HTML allowed: <a href="" title="">, <b>, <i>, <strike>

Explore Internet / Network Security

About.com Special Features

Build Your Own Website

Step-by-step advice on how to do everything from choosing a Web host to promoting your content. More >

Connect Your Home Computers

Easy ways to connect two computers for networking purposes. More >

Internet / Network Security

  1. Home
  2. Computing & Technology
  3. Internet / Network Security

©2009 About.com, a part of The New York Times Company.

All rights reserved.