雅思阅读全真练习系列（三）

　　7. Has this actually happened? In some cases sources claim that the login details of VPNs have been obtained and used though there has been no confirmation that any losses have occurred as a result. The attacks are not believed to have focused on RBS but to have been across the whole of the banking industry.

　　8. Royal Bank of Scotland said that the bank had suffered no losses as a result of the attacks and added: "RBS has extremely robust processes in place in order to protect our systems from fraud. Trojan email attacks are an industry-wide issue and are not isolated to a particular area or a particular bank."

　　9. It is not just banks that have been targets. Last year attempts were made to steal information from the Houses of Parliament using malicious email. Messagelabs, the company responsible for monitoring much of the email traffic of the government and big business for suspect software, said at the beginning of the year that criminals have been evolving more sophisticated techniques to attack corporate networks.

　　10. According to Mark Sunner, chief technology officer of Messagelabs, the number of malicious emails targeted at individuals has been increasing. Two years ago they were being seen once every two months, but now they are seeing one or two a day. This has been accompanied by an increase in quality in the creation of Trojans and spyware.

　　11. "The hackers are now aiming to take over computers, particularly those of home users. Some of the malicious software that we are routinely seeing for that purpose will have its own antivirus system built into it so that they can kill off the programs of their competitors."

　　Increased vigilance

　　12. Tony Neate, the head of Get Safe Online, a government-funded organisation set up to raise awareness among UK businesses of computer criminals, says: "There is now an attempt to target individuals within UK businesses - including the banking sector. What is happening is that crime is doing what it always does, which is look for the weakest link. Home working is where they perceive a weakness.

　　13. "This points to a need for increased vigilance and security by those working from home and by those responsible for letting them work from home. For home working to be effective, security needs to be as effective as if working in an office."

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　　Questions 1-4Answer the questions below using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage for each answer.

　　1. What do the hackers use to attack the computer system of the Royal Bank of Scotland?

　　2. Which word is most likely to be used by hackers to describe home computers?

　　3. What do the majority of people in the UK prefer?

　　4. How do hackers collect information so as to compose emails?

　　5. What do hackers obtain illegally to gain access to banks’ computer network?

　　Questions 5-12Complete the sentences below with words from the passage.

　　Use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

　　6. The use of login details of VPNs by criminals does not necessarily result in any ______________.

　　7. Royal Bank of Scotland claimed that they are not the only victim of ______________.

　　8. Corporate networks will be another target of hackers with improved _______________.

　　9. The attacks on individuals have been greatly increased within _______________.

　　10. With ________________, software used by criminals can eliminate its competing programs.

　　11. Home users are chosen as a target because they are considered as a __________ .

　　12. Get Safe Online is calling for an increase in _____________ to ensure safe home working.

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