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Comcast Malware Alerts
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Spoofing is creating limitimate looking content to dupe people into behaviour such as downloading programs or revealing personal information. Apparently, Comcast is initiating a trial of a malware alert program.
Elinor Mills reports:
“Comcast is launching a trial on Thursday of a new automated service that will warn broadband customers of possible virus infections, if the computers are behaving as if they have been compromised by malware.”
link: Comcast to send infected-PC alerts
Hackers might be delighted. They may be wishing that Comcast has great initial success. It will be another avenue to exploit. How will Comcast customers identity legitimate security messages from ones created and spoofed by hackers?
Catherine Forsythe