Recently, some virtual scammers have implemented the use of "scareware" to extort their victims and ask for bitcoins as a reward. This time, the goal of the extortionist is trying to deceive its victims, stating that if we do not receive the payment in Bitcoin release a video of people affected watching pornography, although it is only a blackmail and there is no video.
Scareware is a type of malware used by social engineering to manipulate users with personal threats to make them pay. In addition, it is part of a category of malware, such as fake security software, ransomware, and other fraudulent software to trick users into believing their computer is infected with a virus.
In this case, the scammers claim to have infected the victim's computer with a virus that recorded the viewing of adult user videos, supposedly using the computer's webcam. Then they say they stole the address book of the victims, who require payment in bitcoins in 24 hours or send video commit to all contacts of the victim.
According to a report by the local media, e-mail scamming the affected victims, make sure that your computer has been affected by a virus, "spyware" that reproduces the pornography previously sought by users themselves. In addition, the message is spelled with bad spelling and varies from season to not fall into the spam section.
"The point is that I put a virus on an adult website (with pornographic content, you know what I mean.) So while you could see your camcorders began to function as a computer with keylogger function (...) and what we have now? Video on split screen, in part, the video you saw, and the other side of watching the video, and all his contacts. My opinion, I consider that $ 290 should be enough to change its error. "
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As for the pressure, the attackers so that if the user wants tests before sending money, they will share the material with three contacts of the victim. The claim to be of Ukrainian nationality, so it will not be possible to trace. "You can call the police, but you did not have time for us, Ukraine, so you will be a star among your friends," the threat ends.
Extortionists are convinced that the victims saw adult videos regularly, so they wait for the threat to take effect and decide to pay the BTC. Unlike other digital threats, not only is the attack on the integrity of the person in order to scare him, but they did not do technological or evidence to support that foundations because the victims were registered.
Usually, virus software is fiction and does not work, or even malware itself. The name "scareware" can also be applied to any application or virus that users tricks with the intention of causing anxiety or paranoia. We have already seen other scareware cases, one of which was included as a hidden application Pornhub, which scared the ads of FBI victims.