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Posted by FuerGrissa on August 11, 2008 at 10:27 PM
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In Reply To I always wondered why this form allowed things like iframes posted by Crim on August 11, 2008 at 09:13 PM
     
Message now that most advertising agencies can target specific types of sites for types of advertisements that can benefit more from that source it opens up a whole new way to target you victims for malicious trojans and key loggers.

Getting into nerd territory a little bit... a tactic that I thought was pretty ingenious, if you have ever played or know someone who has played a MMO like world of warcraft and many other similar titles you know that digital property can be big money. people trade game money, items, and characters for real money and the Chinese exploit the hell out of it. they purchase ads targeted at gaming websites through reputable agencies like google that allow flash advertisements which can be coded to infect your PC and steal your account information. then they strip down your game charactor much like an online chop shop, launder all the items through disposable charactors and then sell it for a premium. The seemingly useless 1's and 0's that make up your character can be stolen and sold for thousands of dollars.

It's sick and ingenious at the same time.

     
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