The spam is more cunning that technology

Some Internet users who seek bids Animals making their purchases online during this Christmas, they can become victims if they spam with unsolicited offers "too good to be true." To avoid this situation BSA publishes the results of a recent study conducted by Forrester Data on the impact of spam, and also announces a decalogue with tips for making purchases and safe navigation.

Results of the analysis of spam conducted by security company Clearswift found that the success of the spammers when it comes to computers infected with virus, depends more on your knowledge of human nature that the technical capacity to hold. In this regard, Alyn Hockey, director of Clearswift, said

that "the idea makes sense that messages are routed to our weaknesses. Despite its success rate is minimal, the evolution of the tricks means that companies depend on each again the e-mail software to tackle spam. " The "spam", a term based on the registered trademark of canned pork and synonymous with bad taste in popular culture United States currently holds 47% of the messages analyzed and filtered by the server Clearswift, a company that has its Based in Reading, London and looked at 19 thousand spam messages and concluded that they were designed to exploit the idiosyncrasies of Internet users. An example of this, the analysis shows that some scammers are seeking victims through the cupidity with watchmaker offers "Rolex" at derisory prices, while others take advantage of the innocence of some carefully to imitate the appearance of messages from known banks . The boldness of tricksters no bounds, and not trying to convince trepidan even users to provide their bank details. Meanwhile, the use of carefully crafted messages that try to persuade potential victims to activate malicious links that open files, it is also used. Blesseds for messages that offer mortgages Christian "with the idea of eliminating the mistrust. Some messages carry titles like "your account details" that are easy to spot, but others use more subtle texts that are able to fool anyone and urge the user to activate viruses and malicious messages with a single click over, where we get into the realm of phishing. Cyber security experts recommend that users this holiday season be careful with the use of smart cards.