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Web Fraud 2.0 — Point-and-Click Cracking Tools
An anonymous reader writes "The Washington Post's Security Fix blog is running a fascinating series that peers inside some of the Web-based services cyber crooks are using to ply their trade: from masking their identity, to defeating CAPTCHAs, to creating counterfeit documents and validating stolen credit and debit cards. Everyone familiar with this space hears about these kinds of tools and services all the time in the abstract, but the Post blog includes screen shots and background details on the popularity of the services and how each one is helping to bring cyber crime that much closer to the realm of even the most newbie scam artists." Many of these tools require a working knowledge of Russian. Wouldn't surprise me to learn that Chinese-language tools exist too.
I don't understand how slashdot can constantly get away with these types of racist quips about the Chinese. Why do you as Americans feel so threatened by them? Why do slashdot staff let through these constant stories that are designed to do nothing more then instill distrust and hatred for the Chinese? Clearly that last comment was put in place simply to taint the Chinese with the same brush, it serves no other purpose. It's time you people realised you're being manipulated.