A link to a good article in the publication "Security Dark Reading" was passed on to me this week. It's a great story of a fake antivirus software scam company trying to fool a security expert. They tried to use a clumsy "it's Microsoft calling and your system has a problem" premise to get the target person to buy their junk and, probably, infect his computer with their malicious software. Unfortunately for them, the target was a security expert and he played them along to learn about their rather amateurish scam. It's kind of like the story of the incompetent burglar getting caught breaking into the police station.
It's an interesting story and you can read it at the link below. The key point is to remember that Microsoft (or Google or Apple or any other major computer vendor) won't ever call you at home and that, as our technical defenses get better, the bad guys (especially the incompetent ones) will resort to social engineering techniques to try to fool you. The lesson is always be wary... if it sounds too good to be true it probably is... if it smells fishy, it probably is... I think you get the point.
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