Data Doctors Radio Program
Surfing the Infectious Information SuperHighway
So, you don't click on attachments, right? Good. And, you have a firewall in place too? Even better. You don't surf the 'bad places' online? Better still. Think you're protected? WRONG! Computer criminals are 'upgrading' their tactics to lead your computer and you astray and their newest methods may be the trickiest yet: Web pages bobby-trapped with infectious computer code. Listen this week as the Data Doctors discuss what these new tactics add up to for you and what you can do to survive on the Web.
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Original Air Date: May 26, 2007
This Week's Links
- Hundreds Click on 'Click Here to Get Infected' Ad
- Surf the Web in Your Very Own Sandbox!
- Drive-by Web Attack Could Hit Home Routers
- Infectious Web Pages - A Simple Explanation
- Drive-by Pharming explained
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Pharming: (pronounced farming) is a cracker's attack aiming to redirect a website's traffic to another, bogus website. Pharming can be conducted either by changing the hosts file on a victim’s computer or by exploitation of a vulnerability in DNS servers (computers responsible for resolving Internet names into their real addresses) software.
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