Tracking down hi-tech crime

cyberdetective · 2007

If every hour a burglar turned up at your house and rattled the locks on the doors and windows to see if he could get in, you might consider moving to a safer neighbourhood. And while that may not be happening to your home, it probably is happening to any PC you connect to the net. An investigation by the BBC News website has established the scale of the dangers facing the average net user. Using a computer acting as a so-called honeypot the BBC has been regularly logging how many (...)

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