Now a days fake anti-virus software (scareware )distributors are offering 'Online Support' to convince their victims to steal their valuable data including credit card information. This was discovered by Mr. Nicolas Brulez of Kaspersky that the scareware distributors are now offering actual live support. Users installing fake anti-virus software Security Master AV and clicking on the 'Online Support' button are directed to a chat window in which they can put questions directly to the scareware 'vendor'. As a special offer, the 'support team' offers a one-day trial version of the full product, which reliably removes the imaginary malware identified by the 'demo' version from the user's system. Debora Brown, Kendra Grace and David Lee appear to have all the time in the world online to convince victims in fluent English that their software is genuine and to get them to install the bogus full product. Alternatively, victims can call them up, or send an email. It is suspected that the extra-helpful scareware distributor is located in Russia or the Ukraine. The FBI recently charged three men accused of extracting around $100 million from internet users in more than 60 countries.
Monday, July 19, 2010
Beware about Scareware Software Live Supports
Beware about Scareware Software Live Supports
Now a days fake anti-virus software (scareware )distributors are offering 'Online Support' to convince their victims to steal their valuable data including credit card information. This was discovered by Mr. Nicolas Brulez of Kaspersky that the scareware distributors are now offering actual live support. Users installing fake anti-virus software Security Master AV and clicking on the 'Online Support' button are directed to a chat window in which they can put questions directly to the scareware 'vendor'. As a special offer, the 'support team' offers a one-day trial version of the full product, which reliably removes the imaginary malware identified by the 'demo' version from the user's system. Debora Brown, Kendra Grace and David Lee appear to have all the time in the world online to convince victims in fluent English that their software is genuine and to get them to install the bogus full product. Alternatively, victims can call them up, or send an email. It is suspected that the extra-helpful scareware distributor is located in Russia or the Ukraine. The FBI recently charged three men accused of extracting around $100 million from internet users in more than 60 countries.
Now a days fake anti-virus software (scareware )distributors are offering 'Online Support' to convince their victims to steal their valuable data including credit card information. This was discovered by Mr. Nicolas Brulez of Kaspersky that the scareware distributors are now offering actual live support. Users installing fake anti-virus software Security Master AV and clicking on the 'Online Support' button are directed to a chat window in which they can put questions directly to the scareware 'vendor'. As a special offer, the 'support team' offers a one-day trial version of the full product, which reliably removes the imaginary malware identified by the 'demo' version from the user's system. Debora Brown, Kendra Grace and David Lee appear to have all the time in the world online to convince victims in fluent English that their software is genuine and to get them to install the bogus full product. Alternatively, victims can call them up, or send an email. It is suspected that the extra-helpful scareware distributor is located in Russia or the Ukraine. The FBI recently charged three men accused of extracting around $100 million from internet users in more than 60 countries.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Kerala Cyber Police traced a Missing Person
The Kerala State Cyber Police have successfully tracked a missing person solely with the help of Internet. A 33-year-old man, who was missing for the past 12 years, has been traced by Kerala Cyber Police after tracking his activities on an Internet social networking Site. This was the first case in the country where a missing person was tracked down with the help of Internet.
The Cyber Police, Thiruvananthapuram, which tracked down Jimmy Koruth, a then final-year degree student from Pandalam who went missing since November 1998. A man missing case was registered at the Pandalam Police Station. In January 2010, one of Jimmy’s relatives came across an Orkut profile named after Jimmy. The information was passed on to the Pandalam police immediately, which, in turn, handed over the case to the Cyber Cell. The Cyber Cell contacted Google International in the US for tracking Jimmy’s email details and found out that the profile was created at a cyber cafe in Chennai in October 2008. The police obtained Jimmy’s address from the identity proof he had given in the cyber cafe. His father V.V.Koruth identified him from the images recorded by the security camera at the cafe.
Cyber crimes have been steadily on the rise in Kerala and the numbers may cross 50,000 this year (2010) said by Mr. Jacob Punnoose IPS, Kerala DGP recently.
Friday, January 1, 2010
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