This is probably more for the people who have a career in computer security or another related field, but nonetheless, the information covered in this article is pretty interesting. It really covers the broad scope of cyber crime and how things are changing in this (sad to say) industry. If you are interested in learning more about cyber crime and how it has evolved, this is definitely worth a read.

1.1. On July 4, many users of Runet (Russian Internet) received an e-mail that their Yandex-money account was blocked allegedly sent by Yandex officials. Webplanet workers received the message too. It was proposed to enter the website www.money.yandex.ru and enter personal data used to access the payment system to unblock accounts.

The fraudulent message and fake website were designed in Yandex corporate style. Though some symbols were distorted in the e-mail. Thus the message looked like unkempt and doubtful. Dp.ru informs that only one user took the bait. He entered login and password at the fake website. After turning to security service of Yandex-money the account was blocked, scam artists did not managed to get the money. Most of 24 fraudulent websites were closed. Now Yandex works on shutting down the rest and collects the evidence on scams to bring it to law enforcement.

Two months ago users of Yandex-money encountered the same phishing scam. Then is was more qualitative, messages were more neat, the address of the website looked like the original - yanclex.ru. Kaspersky Labs warned that there would be a boom of phishing in Russia. It happened in Europe and the US four years ago. Besides, Russian phishers are considered to be the most dangerous.[more]

Tags: Computer Protection