Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Hackers Look for People Who Know Other Languages

An AP newswire article by Jordan Robertson, via SFGate.com, reports that:

Wanted: computer virus writers. Must be fluent in Mandarin. Or Russian. Or Portuguese.

These hacker help-wanted ads are appearing on underground Internet channels as malicious code designers increasingly want programmers with foreign-language skills to help launch country-specific attacks, security vendor McAfee Inc. said in a report released today.

Hackers want to craft compelling and grammatically correct Web pages and spam e-mails - which are crucial in fooling people to download viruses or reveal personal information like credit card numbers, according to the report.

More here.

1 Comments:

At Thu Feb 21, 12:04:00 AM PST, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Oh nos! Now they're gonna target us in broken Russian.

 

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