Showing posts with label Sophos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sophos. Show all posts

Monday, March 18, 2013

Internet scammers promise Google Glass


Security experts are warning users and administrators that the new electronic glasses Google Glass can be a real platform for fraud.

In the British antivirus company Sophos say that these glasses can be not only a tool for espionage, but the very fact of their existence has become an occasion for fraudulent campaign.

Sophos experts say the discovery of a network of fraudulent sites, the owners of which offers visitors a pre-order for Google Glass. Naturally, the customers do not score any points either immediately after receiving the order, or later. Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos, said that the company also revealed a wave of spam from China, which the organizers claimed that taking pre-orders for Google Glass. Led on by spam scams sites that provided details on the electronic glasses.