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Web Fraud 2.0 — Point-and-Click Cracking Tools

Posted by kdawson on from the getting-too-easy dept.

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.

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  1. Language Support by introspekt.i · · Score: 5, Funny

    Many of these tools require a working knowledge of Russian. Wouldn't surprise me to learn that Chinese-language tools exist too.

    Damn. And here I was looking for fraud tools in Klingon. No wonder I can't ever find anything.

  2. Holy Stereotypes! by ghoti · · Score: 1, Funny

    Many of these tools require a working knowledge of Russian. Wouldn't surprise me to learn that Chinese-language tools exist too.

    Way to throw around those stereotypes! I bet they all run on Windows, too! Windows - the first choice for crooks and scammers!

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  3. Horror Show! by ColdWetDog · · Score: 3, Funny

    Finally, a use for all the Russian courses I took in high school and college.

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  4. Re:cyber crooks validating stolen credit cards .. by ShaunC · · Score: 2, Funny

    What method do the 'cyber crooks' utilize in gathering the stolen credit cards in the first place ?

    Best Western.

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  5. Re:SANTA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Offtopic, but I'm glad to learn that there's at least one other person out there who shares my view that santa == satan.

  6. Scamming Klingons is too dangerous by phorm · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'd imagine that Klingons would dish out some pretty massive punishment when scammers get caught, so you're unlikely to see many Klingons using these tools.

    Perhaps you'd be better to search in Ferenghi?

  7. Re:stereotype day by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    As a Canadian I resent that. Americans are too fat and lazy to hit on.