Techworld reports that Microsoft UK’s recently appointed chief security advisor, Ed Gibson, has admitted to being hit by online scam, the rogue dialler.


Techworld syas that Gibson reportedly said a rogue dialler recently cost Gibson 450 pounds in phone bills, which BT is insisting he pay. Gibson told attendees at London “eConfidence: Spam and Scams” conference that more must be done about the rogue dialler problem.

Techworld warns that the scams are seen as mainly affecting the lowest rung of Internet users – beginners using dial-up connections without basic security software, such as a firewall, that would prevent infection or alert them to the dialler’s activities. However, broadband users can also be affected via back-up modem connections.

Rogue diallers secretly install code on a user’s system causing modems to connect to the Internet via a premium-rate number, whose profits are siphoned off to the scammers.

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