Trojan Threatens to Blackmail You

[CommanderFrank]

Cyber-bullying has been elevated to a new level. It’s bad enough to be bullied around by an actual cyber-person, but being intimidated by a string of code is where the line needs to be drawn. The inventiveness of cyber-criminals never ceases to amaze.

Kenzero is a Trojan of the “ransomware” variety, where a malicious program masquerading as a game registration window takes your personal details then attempts to extort money out of you.

 

[PornoSatan]

Cyber-bullying has been elevated to a new level. It’s bad enough to be bullied around by an actual cyber-person, but being intimidated by a string of code is where the line needs to be drawn. The inventiveness of cyber-criminals never ceases to amaze.

Has been going on for years in the form of rogue anti-virus apps. When you install one, it will download and execute a bunch of trojans, then when you scan your system it will detect these trojans that it installed, then forces you to give your credit card number if you want them removed.

 

[H@RD5]

Nice, now all that needs to happen is to make the round son the exploits of twitter and facespace.

 

[exitstageleft]

Actually, that's kind of funny....when you put it in the context of "a string of code".

 

[TwistedAegis]

"I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that unless you pay $49.99."

 

[AdamNesvick]

"I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that unless you pay $49.99."

Damn, I need a new keyboard after that.

 

[kwiksilver]

This is both sad and hilarious at once.