S!ri, a well known and respected malware fighter in the security community, wrote that some webmasters (cleaner affiliates) regularly use the screenshots that he made after analyzing a rogue, in their own blog posts.
The cleaner affiliates write about the dangerousness of the rogue and link to a “Free” Scan or “Free” Removal tool which may not be free at all.
So I decided to MAKE a picture of a new rogue that does NOT exist: Secure Shield. I post the picture and wait for the “serious” guys.
Those guys are inventing files, folders and keys name.
Secure Shield fake rogue
by certifiedbug on October 8, 2009
in News
FBI Press Release
The largest number of defendants ever charged in a cyber crime case have been indicted in a multinational investigation conducted in the United States and Egypt that uncovered a sophisticated “phishing” operation that fraudulently collected personal information from thousands of victims that was used to defraud American banks.
Authorities in several United States cities arrested 33 of 53 defendants named in an indictment returned last week by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles. Several defendants charged in the indictment are being sought this morning by law enforcement. Additionally, authorities in Egypt have charged 47 defendants linked to the phishing scheme.
Full Statement
FBI Director Robert Mueller’s speech on cyber threats. Mueller told how he nearly fell for an email phishing scam himself.
After changing all our passwords, I tried to pass the incident off to my wife as a “teachable moment.” To which she replied: “It is not my teachable moment. However, it is our money. No more Internet banking for you!”