https://pinboard.in/u:guardiantech/public/ recent bookmarks from guardiantech 2012-10-02T20:45:12+00:00 http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2012/10/winfixer.shtm guardiantechAt the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal court imposed a judgment of more than $163m on the final defendant in the FTC’s case against an operation that used computer “scareware” to trick consumers into thinking their computers were infected with malicious software, and then sold them software to “fix” their non-existent problem.  The court order also permanently prohibits the defendant, Kristy Ross, from selling computer security software and any other software that interferes with consumers’ computer use, and from any form of deceptive marketing. $163m? A huge verdict in every way.]]> scareware malware ftc https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:guardiantech/b:14b7f4e8fe98/ 2011-06-10T22:20:37+00:00 http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002182.html guardiantech "Mr. Shaileskumar, together with Björn Sundin were the main figures behind Innovative Marketing Ukraine, a malware house that was operating from Ukraine. Neither Shaileshkumar or Sundin were nationals of Ukraine themselves. Shaileshkumar holds a US passport while Sundin is Swedish.
"Amount of money in the frozen account? A cool $14,800,000. This is believed to be only part of the proceeds IMU did while pushing rogue security products like 'Systemdoctor'."]]> charlesarthur malware scareware https://pinboard.in/u:guardiantech/b:54ab1b9e1c16/ 2011-05-31T12:21:59+00:00 http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/05/30/fake-firefox-warnings-lead-to-scareware/ guardiantech "Their latest scam? They detect your user-agent string from your web browser and display a fake Firefox security alert if you are using the Mozilla Firefox web browser."]]> charlesarthur firefox browser scareware malware https://pinboard.in/u:guardiantech/b:1fcd35de6481/