If you’re like a lot of other typical users, you may believe that nothing on your computer makes it a worthwhile target for malicious hackers. You may even feel that this means you’re relatively safe from hackers. Think again.
To a malicious hacker, the Internet is a vast, mostly untapped ocean of computing resources, ready for them to compromise and put to work in numerous ways to help them and hurt you.
Brian Krebs created and posted the image below to remind people of all the ways their computers can be secretly used for nefarious purposes. Although the post is a couple of years old, it’s still relevant.
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