E-Mail Via Trojan & Cyber Terrorism
Security agencies recently discovered that the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the sender of the e-mail. However, experts note that cyber-terrorists could have remotely hacked into the computer and sent the e-mail via a trojan. A trojan is the oldest way of tricking you to load a programme that gives a hacker access to your computer. A hacker could, thus, be watching every mail you read or sent, browse every website you visited, or every transaction you ever made on your computer without you ever knowing of his/her presence. Expert hackers can expertly crack IP addresses remotely without leaving a trace.
Most mature economies have data protection laws. Security and cyberlaw experts say the terrorist attacks is a wake-up call for due diligence on the part of computer and internet users. It’s scary, but necessary. Internet users, especially those at home, must secure their computers and use anti-virus software, personal firewalls and so on, to avoid being impersonated by cyber terrorists.
IP addresses can be hidden using software like anonymizer.com, in which case the agencies will have to obtain the IPs from the dotcom. Serious cyber-terrorists, however, would seldom try this stunt since sites like anonymizer would be forced to reveal the IPs.
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