Fake anti-virus is mostly for Windows, with OS X a long way back in second place. But other operating systems aren’t exempt from the depredations of cybercriminals. Paul Ducklin shows you round some recently-discovered Android scareware…
Naked Security – Sophos
Browsing courthouse news can result in reading about “scary” allegations, lawsuits covering everything from people “wrongfully” arrested at a “haunted house” during a paranormal investigation, to a more serious class action lawsuit that, if true, clearly shows the company doesn’t comprehend that gamers come in ages. Read more
The victims’ computer screens are taken over by ominous messages saying that their equipment is infected with a variety of viruses and that they need to buy the security software, which is in fact fraudulent. Many people fell for the ruse by giving their …
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Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
ChronoPay’s Scareware Diaries — If your Windows PC has been hijacked by fake anti-virus software or “scareware” anytime in the past few years, chances are good that the attack was made possible by ChronoPay, Russia’s largest processor of online payments. — Tens of thousands of documents stolen …