Internet Security Tips/Daily Weblog

Did you know that recently a Trojan Horse program was developed and used for industrial espionage?

The Trojan Horse was used in the illegal hacking into scores of computers in Israel, including computers belonging to large and leading companies. The perpetrators  developed spyware programs that extracted computer files and entire directories from infected computers. This material was then sent to servers abroad. The spyware was sold to private investigators, which offered their industrial espionage services to various companies.

In this case, the perpertrators (a husband and wife team!) were eventually caught and deported.  But by that time, the damage had already been done. Those corporations that had been victimized already had their sensitive corporate secrets floating around in cyberspace and who knows where else!

If spyware can compromise even the most sophisticated computer systems, then those of us who have small businesses and even more to lose can’t afford to take our internet security lightly! 

For the entire story, click this link: 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8145520/