Part of staying at the forefront of fraud prevention is
examining the vulnerabilities on both the business and consumer side of
everyday transactions. Indirectly, every threat posed to the modern consumer
has the potential to result in a stolen identity and possible business fraud,
costing your business in the long run. That’s why we’ve chosen to highlight a Sunbelt story detailing one of many fake content distribution sites pitching free
popular media in exchange for personal information.
The doppelganger in question mimics the popular video
entertainment service Steam, and uses a convincingly detailed interface to con
visitors into filling out surveys in order to receive their free software. Sunbelt provides a detailed look at the phony website and includes illustrations to
help quickly drive home the reality of just how much effort hackers will go to
steal consumer identities.