As the Hurricane Matthew batters the South Carolina coast, authorities are warning of a series of cyber attacks against residents. Cyber criminals have no scruples and are ready to bring in any tragic event in their favor. In the past crooks exploited the media interest in tragic events like the Boston Marathon attack and the crash of the flight MH17 of Malaysian Airline, they used the news as bait themes for massive spam attacks and spear phishing campaigns. Once opened, malicious messages could include links to compromised websites that serve malware of malicious attachments that once opened could start the infection process.”]
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