Commercial vendor of spyware under legal fire
This fake positioning is finally receiving the necessary attention. CyberSpy Software LLC, a popular vendor of such commercial spyware tools has been recently targeted by the U.S Federal Trade Commission, with the company's sites shut down already. Wish it was that simple.
"Defendants touted RemoteSpy as a “100% undetectable” way to “Spy on Anyone. From Anywhere.” According to the FTC complaint, the defendants violated the FTC Act by engaging in the unfair advertising and selling of software that could be: (1) deployed remotely by someone other than the owner or authorized user of a computer; (2) installed without the knowledge and consent of the owner or authorized user; and (3) used to surreptitiously collect and disclose personal information. The FTC complaint also alleges that the defendants unfairly collected and stored the personal information gathered by their spyware on their own servers and disclosed it to their clients. The complaint further alleges that the defendants provided their clients with the means and instrumentalities to unfairly deploy and install keylogger spyware and to deceive consumer victims into downloading the spyware."
"Now it is time to send out the file to the remote PC. In this guide we are using Outlook Express on Windows XP. Click the Create Mail button to open a new mail window. Click ATTACH and navigate to where you saved your Realtime-Spy file you created previously. Click on the file and then click ‘Attach’ to attach the file to your email. You will now have to enter a recipient for the file you are sending, as well as an email subject and body. Notice the size of the Realtime-Spy file - it should be approximately 100-115kb at all times! Once you are ready to go click Send to send the email! Note: Users will only appear after they have downloaded and executed the file you have sent them."
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With CyberSpy Software LLC's site now shut down, it would be interesting to monitor whether another company would brandjack the popularity of their products.