Sunday, December 30, 2012

The Scrap Value of a Hacked PC, Revisited

Interesting post that explain simply and visually to the sort of computer user who can’t begin to fathom why miscreants would want to hack into his PC. “I don’t bank online, I don’t store sensitive information on my machine! I only use it to check email. What could hackers possibly want with this hunk of junk?,” are all common refrains from this type of user.

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2012/10/the-scrap-value-of-a-hacked-pc-revisited/