Sunday, March 19, 2006

Hacking Made Easy

Automated Tools Gather Victims' Keystrokes
Upload Passwords to Illicit Database

When Graeme Frost received an e-mail notice that an expensive digital camera had been charged to his credit card account, he immediately clicked on the Internet link included in the message that said it would allow him to dispute the charge. As the 29-year-old resident of southwestern England scoured the resulting Web page for the merchant's phone number, the site silently installed a passwordstealing program that transmitted all of his personal and financial information.
Read this very interesting article HERE.

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