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Is Your Computer Safe? The Dangers Of Keylogging
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Sep 20, 2005
Is Your Computer Safe? The Dangers Of Keylogging
Your virus checker is up to date. You’re running the newest version of Windows. You’re computer is safe from hackers, right? Think again. An innocent click on an email link can infect your computer with a “key logging” program that will record your every keystroke – including when you enter bank passwords – and send them to thieves all over the world. The result: people are getting their bank accounts wiped out. There’s a race to stop these hi-tech thieves, but, so far, law enforcement is losing that race. Larry talks to Wes Hsu, Deputy Chief of the Cyber and Intellectual Property Crimes Section at the United States Attorney's Office here in Los Angeles and Andrew Brandt, an editor at PC World in San Francisco, about what you can do to protect critical information on your computer.

Your virus checker is up to date. You’re running the newest version of Windows. You’re computer is safe from hackers, right? Think again. An innocent click on an email link can infect your computer with a “key logging” program that will record your every keystroke – including when you enter bank passwords – and send them to thieves all over the world. The result: people are getting their bank accounts wiped out. There’s a race to stop these hi-tech thieves, but, so far, law enforcement is losing that race. Larry talks to Wes Hsu, Deputy Chief of the Cyber and Intellectual Property Crimes Section at the United States Attorney's Office here in Los Angeles and Andrew Brandt, an editor at PC World in San Francisco, about what you can do to protect critical information on your computer.

Your virus checker is up to date. You’re running the newest version of Windows. You’re computer is safe from hackers, right? Think again. An innocent click on an email link can infect your computer with a “key logging” program that will record your every keystroke – including when you enter bank passwords – and send them to thieves all over the world. The result: people are getting their bank accounts wiped out. There’s a race to stop these hi-tech thieves, but, so far, law enforcement is losing that race. Larry talks to Wes Hsu, Deputy Chief of the Cyber and Intellectual Property Crimes Section at the United States Attorney's Office here in Los Angeles and Andrew Brandt, an editor at PC World in San Francisco, about what you can do to protect critical information on your computer.

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Host, AirTalk
Host, Morning Edition, AirTalk Friday, The L.A. Report A.M. Edition
Senior Producer, AirTalk with Larry Mantle
Producer, AirTalk with Larry Mantle
Producer, AirTalk with Larry Mantle
Associate Producer, AirTalk & FilmWeek
Associate Producer, AirTalk
Apprentice News Clerk, AirTalk
Apprentice News Clerk, FilmWeek