Crime against humanity: Researchers from Cisco Security said in a report that literary passages are becoming a new way to hide malicious code that allow hackers unlawful entry into computers and networks. Photo: AFP Relaxnews
WASHINGTON: It would be a shock, a terrible shock, to Elinor Dashwood and the other characters in Sense and Sensibility, to see this happening.
Unbeknownst to her or author Jane Austen, it seems that hackers from the 21st century are appropriating text from the 19th century classic novel to spread malicious software.
