Malware gang's $14.8 million bank account frozen >> F-Secure Weblog : News from the Lab
june 2011 by guardiantech
An Indian and a Swede are on the run having made a lot of money from scareware called "System Doctor": "The US Attorney's office has today frozen a Swiss bank account belonging to Sam Shaileshkumar. <br />
"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.<br />
"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'."
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"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.<br />
"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'."
june 2011 by guardiantech
Fake Firefox warnings lead to scareware >> Naked Security
may 2011 by guardiantech
"While most of the talk for the past month has been [scareware scammers'] move to Mac with fake Finder pop-ups that appear to scan your computer, they haven't stopped innovating on Windows either.<br />
"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."
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"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."
may 2011 by guardiantech