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Earthquake and tsunami breed web scams, malware


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 PostPosted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 7:45 pm   
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The usual crap strikes after devastating disasters ... :roll:

Earthquake and tsunami breed web scams, malware
by Dan Kaplan

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The 8.9-magnitude earthquake and deadly tsunami in Japan also has triggered a tidal wave of cybercrime, say experts.

Almost immediately after the news broke, internet fraudsters got to work by customizing their malicious websites so they would rank near the top of search results, a process known as black hat search engine optimization. The sites purportedly featured information about the quake but actually had been booby-trapped with malware, such as rogue anti-virus programs. ...


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