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Cyber criminals using psychology to bait victims

DateWednesday, April 14, 2010 at 6:40AM | AuthorImmunet Team

As we’ve recently noted, scam operators are getting increasingly tricky in their tactics. More sophisticated means, like psychology, are being used maliciously against consumers. For example, a recent scam preyed upon the copyright anxieties of BitTorrent users by locking down their computers and bullying them into paying $400 for a “copyrighter’s holder fine.” The scheme feigned credibility by citing the fictional ICPP Foundation as the enforcer of the fine. 

It was, of course, no accident that the scam targeted BitTorrent users, many of whom are already uncertain about the legal minutia surrounding filesharing. Another egregious example targets eager job seekers, a particularly vulnerable – and sizable – group in this economy. The scam uses a fake job posting that “hires” applicants and asks them to undertake a trial project. The scam operators then ask the job seekers to purchase expensive electronics with their own credit cards (with the promise of being reimbursed). The electronics are sent to the scam operators and subsequently resold. The job candidates, of course, get nothing.  Another recent scareware technique exploited the grief of those seeking news surrounding the death of the president of Poland, as well as several other members of the state. In some cases, those looking for information on the national tragedy were redirected to sites that, again, bluffed users into paying phony licensing fees.

In each of these instances, the scammers preyed upon users’ insecurities, anguish, and even desperation to perpetuate their crimes. With this kind of emotional engineering, even those who consider themselves too savvy to fall victim to cybercrimes, could find they are suddenly vulnerable. Given how quickly cybercrime is evolving, it is staggering that so many consumers haven’t reconsidered their approach to malware protection. It’s become even more pressing that consumers have multiple filters to protect them against these complex threats. If you haven’t yet, learn more about the ways Immunet Protect can immediately strengthen your computer’s defenses against the malware lurking in today, and tomorrow’s, web. 

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