New online anti-viruses and other SMS fraud schemes
Real-time threat news
Reports come from users regarding spread of links to bogus web-sites involved in SMS fraud schemes.
The most dangerous threat among such sites comes from fake online anti-viruses. One of the main transports spreading links to such sites apart from spam over e-mail, ICQ and social networking web-sites is Google adwords and other renown online advertising services where advertisements posted by customers are still moderated poorly.
Apart from users concerned with security of their computers cyber criminals also target users of social networking web-sites. Criminals know that many users make their first steps in the Internet on such sites and therefore are not familiar with cyber security basics. Typically would-be-victims are offered access to additional features inaccessible to ordinary users.
The most absurd SMS fraud scheme is an offer from criminals to send paid SMS messages at no charge! Little wonder, in order to get such an opportunity a user has to say a paid SMS.
