Peaches Posted June 9, 2009 Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 BitDefender Report: Scammers Posing As Online Payment Services A Top Threat BitDefender's latest E-Threats Landscape Report provides an overview of the security threats landscape during the past six months and takes a look at what lies ahead in 2009 Jun 08, 2009 | 02:26 PMDarkReading BUCHAREST, Romania " June 8, 2009 "BitDefender' researchers have found that scammers posing as online payment services continue to be one of the top ten most spoofed identities in the world of spam and phishing, according to BitDefender's latest E-Threats Landscape Report. The latest phishing campaign targeting e-banking and e-payment customers features several malicious components. First, the unsolicited message that disseminates the malware purports to deliver the ultimate Open Source Antivirus Solution, asking users to visit a Web page where they can download the product. However, upon clicking the link, the user does not receive the promised security suite, but a fake executable " setup.exe " which is, in effect, a self-extracting archive. Its purpose is to replace the content of C:\WINDOWS\System32\drivers\etc and to alter the Web browser's behavior, by automatically loading maliciously crafted pages for phishing purposes of PayPal, Abbey and Halifax. "DarkReading for story - http://www.darkreading.com/security/vulner...ttacks/breaches Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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