Spinner
4 Jun 2004, 12:01am
A leading antivirus company warned Thursday that the Netsky worm was making a comeback on the coattails of fictional wizard Harry Potter.
Such spoofing is a popular "social engineering" technique to get recipients to open malicious files. Previous pests have disguised themselves as naked photos of actress Jennifer Lopez, match-making software and a memo from the recipient's IT administrator.
Source: News.com (http://news.com.com/Harry+Potter+and+the+worm+of+doom/2100-7349_3-5225792.html?tag=nefd.top)
Such spoofing is a popular "social engineering" technique to get recipients to open malicious files. Previous pests have disguised themselves as naked photos of actress Jennifer Lopez, match-making software and a memo from the recipient's IT administrator.
Source: News.com (http://news.com.com/Harry+Potter+and+the+worm+of+doom/2100-7349_3-5225792.html?tag=nefd.top)