The scareware strategies and fake anti-virus activities, which declined this year (2011), will resurface in 2012 with some changes, according to Websense Security Labs' latest forecasts.
Three areas false registry clean-up, forged speed enhancement software, and bogus back-up software will appear as new scareware sub-categories in 2012, the report said.
Besides, the incidents of security breaches and attacks for seizing social media identities will also keep on rising. These hits may prove more beneficial to scammers than credit cards.
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