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2009-02-05 09:38:22
Mekstizzle
WALKER
+3,611|7060|London, England
...put a parking ticket on your car. Make sure you just beat the shit out of him instead. Cos that bitch is trying to hack you.

Hackers have discovered a new way of duping users onto fraudulent websites: fake parking tickets.
Cars in the US had traffic violation tickets placed on the windscreen, which then directed users to a website.

The website claimed to have photos of the alleged parking violation, but then tricks users into downloading a virus.
According to internet security watchdog The SANS Institute, the website then had photos of cars in various car parks around Grand Forks and instructed users to download a tool bar to find photos of their own vehicle.

But the tool bar was actually an executable file which installed a Trojan virus that then displayed a fake security alert when the PC was rebooted. The fake alert then prompted the user to install fake anti-virus software.
https://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45448000/jpg/_45448023_parking1rt5.jpg

Pretty clever though.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7872299.stm

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So be on the lookout, you Dakotans (except Southern Dakotans)
2009-02-05 10:04:15
m3thod
All kiiiiiiiiinds of gainz
+2,197|7110|UK
useful info for all the 3 people who live in that state.
Blackbelts are just whitebelts who have never quit.
2009-02-05 10:04:31
henno13
A generally unremarkable member
+230|6787|Belfast
Thats quite smart
i would be pissed if that happened to me though
2009-02-05 10:15:29
JoshP
Banned
+176|6128|Notts, UK
Clever idea

but you'd still have to be stupid to fall for it, "download a toolbar and we'll give you pics of your parking ticket" isn't exactly a great cover story
2009-02-05 10:17:13
m3thod
All kiiiiiiiiinds of gainz
+2,197|7110|UK

henno13 wrote:

Thats quite smart
i would be pissed if that happened to me though
If anyone has fallen for this they deserve too.

Download a toolbar while paying a parking fine? Sheesh.
Blackbelts are just whitebelts who have never quit.
2009-02-05 10:17:53
Varegg
Support fanatic :-)
+2,206|7249|Nårvei

JoshP wrote:

Clever idea

but you'd still have to be stupid to fall for it, "download a toolbar and we'll give you pics of your parking ticket" isn't exactly a great cover story
Not everyone is an internet superhero you know

Oh and you have just won a cruise in the Caribbean, if you email me your credit card number and security code i can confirm your identity and will send you the tickets asap ...
Wait behind the line ..............................................................
2009-02-05 16:36:37
GodFather
Blademaster's bottom bitch
+387|6658|Phoenix, AZ

m3thod wrote:

henno13 wrote:

Thats quite smart
i would be pissed if that happened to me though
If anyone has fallen for this they deserve too.

Download a toolbar while paying a parking fine? Sheesh.
Your almost there!

To view your parking fine, please click this link to download the toolbar! (You know, because you need a toolbar to look at pictures)
2009-02-05 16:43:33
VicktorVauhn
Member
+319|6831|Southern California

m3thod wrote:

henno13 wrote:

Thats quite smart
i would be pissed if that happened to me though
If anyone has fallen for this they deserve too.

Download a toolbar while paying a parking fine? Sheesh.
From a non-government site...
2009-02-05 16:59:44
bad-man
now say you sorry
+34|6287|one windy city

GodFather wrote:

m3thod wrote:

henno13 wrote:

Thats quite smart
i would be pissed if that happened to me though
If anyone has fallen for this they deserve too.

Download a toolbar while paying a parking fine? Sheesh.
Your almost there!

To view your parking fine, please click this link to download the toolbar! (You know, because you need a toolbar to look at pictures)
2009-02-05 17:06:09
CrazeD
Member
+368|7112|Maine
If hacking is this fucking easy, why don't more people do it? I don't understand.

 

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