British Internet security officials issued a critical alert yesterday to warn UK governments, companies and individuals that they may be under a hacker attack. The United Kingdom’s National Infrastructure Security Co-Ordination Centre (NISCC) reported a series of Trojanized e-mail attacks are targeting people to covertly gather and transmit commercially and economically valuable information. The Trojans are received either in e-mail attachments or through links to Web sites.
British Security Officials Warn of Targeted Cyber-Attacks
Posted by: Jennifer LeClaire June 17, 2005 11:45 AMBritish Internet security officials issued a critical alert yesterday to warn UK governments, companies and individuals that they may be under a hacker attack. The United Kingdom’s National Infrastructure Security Co-Ordination Centre (NISCC) reported a series of Trojanized e-mail attacks are targeting people to covertly gather and transmit commercially and economically valuable information. The Trojans are received either in e-mail attachments or through links to Web sites.