Online scammers are re-scamming Internet pharmaceutical customers with a new ploy: posing as government agents and extorting money from them. Underground marketplace pricing on RDP server access, compromised payment card data and DDoS-For-Hire services are surging. A report on the underground economy finds that malicious actors are offering cloud-based troves of stolen data, accessible with handy tools to slice and dice what s on offer. The US Food and Drug Administration says the scheme is being used to extort money from pharmaceutical customers.
Source: https://threatpost.com/new-twist-online-pharma-scams-010610/73329/