McAfee offers in guardia gli utenti sulle 12 truffe di Natale e sugli attacchi online più diffusi in occasione delle festività: secondo l'indagine State of the Net 2009 di Consumer Reports, i criminali informatici hanno sottratto agli utenti 8 miliardi di dollari nei due anni scorsi.
Truffa I : Truffe di phishing di beneficenza. Durante la stagione delle feste, gli hacker sfruttano la generosità dei cittadini inviando email che sembrano provenire da enti di beneficenza legittimi; in realtà si tratta di siti web fasulli creati per appropriarsi delle donazioni, delle informazioni delle carte di credito e delle identità dei donatori.
Truffa II : Fatture fasulle da servizi di consegna volti a sottrarre denaro. I criminali informatici spesso inviano fatture fasulle e notifiche di consegna che sembrano arrivare per esempio da Federal Express o UPS chiedendo i dettagli della carta di credito per il riaccredito sul conto: le informazioni dell'utente vengono così rubate.
Truffa III : Social Networking. I criminali approfittano di questo di questo periodo particolare dell'anno inviando email di "Nuova richiesta di amicizia" che sembrano autentiche e provenire da parte di siti di social networking; cliccare sui link contenuti in queste email può portare all'installazione automatica di malware on your computer and steal personal information.
Fraud IV: The Dangers of Christmas cards electronically. In the last holiday season, it was discovered a worm disguised as e note Hallmark and festive promotions for McDonald's and Coca-Cola also email attachments Christmas-themed PowerPoint are very popular as a vehicle for malware.
Scam V : Costume "luxury" at exorbitant prices. A campaign brings festive shoppers to phony sites that have malware luxurious gifts "discounted" of big names (like Cartier, Gucci and Tag Heuer), also using fake logos of the Better Business Bureau to deceive shoppers into buying products they never receive.
Scam VI: Making Christmas shopping in a safe manner. Forrester Research Inc. predicts that online holiday sales will increase this year, as many people looking for opportunities will turn to the web to do business. As users shop and surf open hotspots, hackers can spy on their activities in an attempt to steal their personal information, the suggestion is for people never to buy online from a public computer or using a Wi open-Fi.
Scam VII: The lyrics of Christmas carols can be risky. During the holidays, hackers create fraudulent websites Christmas theme for those looking to hit a ringtone or wallpaper for your PC to the Christmas theme, the lyrics of Christmas carols or a screen saver theme: in this way is likely to infect your PC with spyware, adware or other malware.
Scam VIII: Unemployment. Fraudsters take advantage of desperate people looking for a job with the promise of high-paying jobs and income opportunities working from home, once the parties have submitted their information and pay the share of "goodwill", the hackers steal money instead of following the promised employment opportunity.
Scam IX: The fraud of the auction sites. Buyers should beware of auction sites on occasions that seem too good to be true, because often these purchases are never delivered to the buyer.
X Scam: The "password stealing." password theft is rampant during the holiday season: the thieves are using tools to discover the password of a user and send malware to record the keystrokes of the PC, a technique known as keylogging.
Scam XI: The bank email scams. Cyber \u200b\u200bcriminals trick consumers into divulging their bank details by sending emails that appear to come from financial institutions real. They ask users to confirm details of the bank account details including username and password, with the warning that if not provide this information your account will be closed.
XII Scam: Your files in exchange for a ransom: the fraud "ransomware". Hackers gain control of computer users through a series of festive these scams, then behave like "Virtual kidnappers' to seize files and encrypt , making it unreadable and inaccessible. Confidence Man holds hostage the user's files requiring payment of a ransom to return them.
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