Criminals are stepping up their attacks against corporate networks by targeting selected corporate executives and family members' personal emails accounts in an attempt to trick them into opening emails with MS Word file attachments containing hidden spyware.Many of the e-mails contain the name and title of the executive in the subject line, as well as a malicious Microsoft Word document containing executable code. The hackers are trying to trick the victim into thinking the messages comes from someone they know, in the hope that the victim will willingly install, for example, a program that can record keystrokes.
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IT security will be a key feature of ARC's new IT Security and Incident Response Course, 9-10 October, conducted by IT investigations expert, author and radio commentator Ed Wilding.
