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Feel like taunting an identity thief? Don’t.

zdnet.com » 2008 » August » 26th » Feel like taunting an identity thief? Don’t.

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The next time you get the urge to enter angry messages to phishers on fake (malicious) Web sites, stop and consider this discovery by researcher Joe Stewart. The identity thieves behind the Asprox botnet have built extra logic into phishing sites to detect taunts and subject those computer users to drive-by malware exploits. “If you are running [...] Continue Reading »


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