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Crimeware grifters scamming naive phishers

adnim

So few. 

I would have thought that considering how easy it is to clone a valid site that ALL of these kind of kits would have backdoors. After all if a scammer is unable to replicate a target website and needs tools to do such a thing, he/she/it is unlikely to notice code that sends the data elsewhere.

Sometimes I hate being honest, I could be rich instead. Yes I know riches wouldn't make me happy, but it would be a nice diversion until I got bored with it.

The Cube

Windows Genuine Advantage 

Gates Horns

Now if only the wannabe phishers would look out for the Phishing Genuine Advantage logo and understand that piracy of phishing software is illegal and supports organised crime and drug dealing and terrorism and worst of all - DVD copying!

Goat Jam

The answer of course 

Joke

Is to only use open-source phishing kits

dervheid

It restores your faith in human nature... 

Happy

when you realise that the would-be phishers are even more gullible than their would-be marks.

Marvellous!

Florence Stanfield

No difference to BT and phorm/webwise 

IT Angle

They always hide the evil stuff behind a protection promise like Phorm/webwise BT selling it to customers to protect you from phishing, which any browser can do. Whiel all the time they are pimping your clicks to sell to advertising companies adware/spyware hidden behinde a ssecurityu promise to save you from phishing. Nothing has changed from rootkit days just targeted differnetly.

kissingthecarpet

No such old adage 

Stop

Unfortunately for your article the old adage is "there IS honour among theives" an example of which is the exhortation not to grass up your mates, which IMHO is probably the norm, rather than everybody phoning Crimestoppers as soon as their mates leave the room.

Another example of the "could care less" or "begs the question" syndrome, I'm afraid

Sarah Bee

Re: Did someone mention a 'backdoor'? 

(Written by Reg staff)

I am not letting through comments of this nature relating to Paris, because you are dirty little boys and I'd like a little decorum for a Friday.

So shush.

Matthew Joyce

Re: Did someone mention a 'backdoor'? 

decorum

As requested, a little one. Upgrades are available, but need to be delivered in person.