Like many just-launched e-commerce sites in the world, this unnamed Web site has a fairly functional, if somewhat rudimentary, home page. A list of options at top of the home page allows visitors to transact business in Russian or in English, offers an FAQ section, spells out the terms and conditions for software use and provides details on payment forms that are supported.
But contact details are, shall we say, sparse. That's because the merchandise being hawked on the site -- no we're not going to say what it is -- isn't exactly legitimate. The site offers malicious code that webmasters with criminal intent can use to infect visitors to their sites with a spyware Trojan horse.
The next logical step from that is cyber protection rackets.
Pay us x amount a month to protect you from the malware we are spreading.
The next logical step from that is cyber protection rackets.
Pay us x amount a month to protect you from the malware we are spreading.
The word "Cyber-Mafia" comes to mind (but not to be confused with it's main terminology as it's being confused with "Cyber-Terrorism").
The next logical step from that is cyber protection rackets.
Pay us x amount a month to protect you from the malware we are spreading.
Isn't that the anti-virus/ firewall/ anti-spyware companies these days?
Isn't that the anti-virus/ firewall/ anti-spyware companies these days?
Hey, welcome to the forum LORDI RULES.
That's probably the best first post I've seen.
Isn't that the anti-virus/ firewall/ anti-spyware companies these days?
Good point.
At least some of them are doing it for free.
I remember an infection from a while ago that would actually tell you that you were infected and ask you for money to remove it. I wouldn't be shocked if people actually paid.