Cybercrooks get even more crafty, sophisticated

[Team Infidel]

Cybercrooks get even more crafty, sophisticated
The Chinese Year of the Rat begins next week. In the cyberunderground, it is already shaping up to be the Year of the Clever Rat, as crooks scurry to perfect ways to steal data and commit fraud.

 

[DTop]

I think the bottom line in the story says it all:

More so than ever in 2008, Web users must keep anti-virus and anti-spyware up to date, install all software updates and exercise extreme caution opening e-mail and visiting websites.

 

[Team Infidel]

i agree... also, don't keep anything of importance on your computer. use an external drive to secure all important documents and files.