Expert: Electronic Valentine Cards Present Cyber Security Risk.
AScribe Law News Service, February, 2006
Byline: Purdue University
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Feb. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Electronic Valentine cards promising sweet nothings may instead infect loved ones' computers with a nasty surprise from a cyber scam artist, according to a Purdue University computer security expert.
"An e-mail or instant message from a 'secret admirer' on Valentine's Day may be specifically designed to pique your curiosity," says Michael Carr, Purdue's chief information security officer. "It's human nature and exactly what the bad guy is counting on."
An important element of cyber deception is the victim's willingness to "click here" or "open the attached file." Too often, the surprise is an e-mail virus, Trojan horse, spam, or so-called phishing scam - an e-mail...
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