"After analysing information on viruses and internet worms taken from more than 500,000 machines around the world, security experts at PC Tools have pinpointed November 24 as the potential peak of malicious software activity for 2008."
Bobbie Johnson,
The Guardian
Bobbie Johnson of The Guardian warns that internet researchers believe Monday could be the busiest day of the year (so far) for computer virus attacks.
"Data from 2007 showed that the high point of action from viruses, worms and other internet-based attacks came three days before America's Thanksgiving holiday," writes Johnson, "leading them to suggest that the same day could prove the bleakest 24 hours of this year."All this may be connected to the Christmas shopping season and the anticipated increase in online shopping this year.
"With the chance for criminals to access financial details," Johnson says, "online shoppers make an attractive target for the writers of malware."
It's nothing new for thieves to try to take advantage of the Christmas shopping season. That always seems to be particularly true when times are hard. The only thing that's changed is the method of deception.
So be on your toes on Monday.
And the rest of the Christmas season, for that matter.
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