The new entries include scareware, buttloads and cyberbullying. |
These pests include viruses as well worms, Trojan horses, spyware, scareware, ransomware, phishing and more, all colorfully named but seriously dangerous. |
This past weekend, even the New York Times was duped into running a scareware ad on their site. |
Some victims reported being targets of various scareware or ransomware cyber intrusions immediately preceding a BEC scam request. |
Symantec also believes some people distributing the scareware could be earning more than a million dollars each year. |
Others words include Twittersphere, Tweetup, Hacktivist, Clickjacking, Twitpic, Scareware and Dot-bomb. |