[Infowarrior] - ChronoPay’s Scareware Diaries

[Richard Forno]

ChronoPay’s Scareware Diaries

If your Windows PC has been hijacked by fake anti-virus software or “scareware” anytime in the past few years, chances are good that the attack was made possible by ChronoPay, Russia’s largest processor of online payments.

Tens of thousands of documents stolen and leaked last year from ChronoPay offer a fascinating look into a company that has artfully cultivated and handsomely profited from the market for scareware, programs that infiltrate victim PCs to display fake security alerts in a bid to frighten users into paying for worthless security software.

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http://krebsonsecurity.com/2011/03/chronopays-scareware-diaries/