Companies and home PC users need to be on their guard over the holiday period, amid hacker attempts to compromise their systems. One senior security analyst has claimed that Christmas is a particularly busy time for virus and malware campaigns.
IT security firm Sophos recently outlined the history of Christmas malware and viruses in a blog post, ranging from relatively harmless festive pranks to those you definitely wouldn't want to wake up to on New Year’s Day. The company said hugely destructive campaigns have gradually grown to replace the worms of yesteryear, as malware technology has become more sophisticated. "Criminals absolutely do, every year without fail, conduct campaigns designed to take advantage of people's willingness to search for and click on links relating to the holiday period."
Whether it's going to be through phishing campaigns or sending social engineering emails masquerading as New Year cards, internet users are at risk during this period, they claimed.
They went on to say that apps on social networking sites had "come of age as an attack platform" and are "being extensively abused" due to the ease with which they can be created and uploaded to Facebook. It was noted that it is very easy for third-party developers to create applications and upload them using this website, as the code isn't checked by Facebook before the applications go live.
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IT security firm Sophos recently outlined the history of Christmas malware and viruses in a blog post, ranging from relatively harmless festive pranks to those you definitely wouldn't want to wake up to on New Year’s Day. The company said hugely destructive campaigns have gradually grown to replace the worms of yesteryear, as malware technology has become more sophisticated. "Criminals absolutely do, every year without fail, conduct campaigns designed to take advantage of people's willingness to search for and click on links relating to the holiday period."
Whether it's going to be through phishing campaigns or sending social engineering emails masquerading as New Year cards, internet users are at risk during this period, they claimed.
They went on to say that apps on social networking sites had "come of age as an attack platform" and are "being extensively abused" due to the ease with which they can be created and uploaded to Facebook. It was noted that it is very easy for third-party developers to create applications and upload them using this website, as the code isn't checked by Facebook before the applications go live.
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