Why cybercriminals love a good Valentine’s Day

For cybercriminals, Valentine's Day is just another opportunity to draw in unsuspecting internet users, as Phil Vasic, A/NZ country manager for Websense, explains.

As Valentine's Day approaches, most peoples' thoughts turn to romance and flowers. For the cybercriminal, however, it heralds another opportunity to draw in unsuspecting internet users.

Many of the most common scams around this February rely on existing vulnerabilities in software, spam, fake sites and distraction techniques. Organised criminal units have a long history of timing their attacks to coincide with popular occasions in order to achieve maximum success.  Valentine's Day 2009 is a day that is similarly marked on the criminals' calendar for targeted attacks.

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