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FYI…
- http://preview.tinyurl.com/3cqfwf
February 27, 2008 (Symantec Security Response Weblog) - "…One of the reasons that the United States government decided to ban online casinos is because they are seen as a good opportunity for organized crime (and other ne’er-do-wells) to launder ill-gotten money. Indeed, that appears to be one of the motives behind phishing online gamblers. Phishers can set up online gambling accounts sites using stolen credit card numbers and victims’ identities. They can then launder dirty money by exchanging funds through the pots of games they set up amongst themselves. (As a non-phishing aside, it appears that bot nets can also be used to launder money through online gambling sites. In this scenario, bots can be preprogrammed to win or lose, thereby transferring dirty money to a chosen winner.)
Phishing can be used to steal money from online gamblers’ accounts. In this scenario, phishers could steal players' email information and then forward them spoofed emails claiming that the player has money in his or her account. The message would include a link to a spoofed Web page that requests the user to enter his or her account information. This information can then be used to steal credit card information… As one related article stated*, “the fact that the US authorities have driven much of the online gambling and payment processing activity underground raises serious concerns about just how secure some of these sites are.” Symantec doesn’t currently have visibility into whether phishing activity we are seeing in smaller countries is necessarily linked to online casinos, but when it comes to online gambling, it may be one of the better bets you’ll place."
* http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/09/on…ney_laundering/
- http://preview.tinyurl.com/3cqfwf
February 27, 2008 (Symantec Security Response Weblog) - "…One of the reasons that the United States government decided to ban online casinos is because they are seen as a good opportunity for organized crime (and other ne’er-do-wells) to launder ill-gotten money. Indeed, that appears to be one of the motives behind phishing online gamblers. Phishers can set up online gambling accounts sites using stolen credit card numbers and victims’ identities. They can then launder dirty money by exchanging funds through the pots of games they set up amongst themselves. (As a non-phishing aside, it appears that bot nets can also be used to launder money through online gambling sites. In this scenario, bots can be preprogrammed to win or lose, thereby transferring dirty money to a chosen winner.)
Phishing can be used to steal money from online gamblers’ accounts. In this scenario, phishers could steal players' email information and then forward them spoofed emails claiming that the player has money in his or her account. The message would include a link to a spoofed Web page that requests the user to enter his or her account information. This information can then be used to steal credit card information… As one related article stated*, “the fact that the US authorities have driven much of the online gambling and payment processing activity underground raises serious concerns about just how secure some of these sites are.” Symantec doesn’t currently have visibility into whether phishing activity we are seeing in smaller countries is necessarily linked to online casinos, but when it comes to online gambling, it may be one of the better bets you’ll place."
* http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/09/on…ney_laundering/