- Jan 24, 2011
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Researchers from cyber intelligence firm Cyveillance report that rogue online pharmacy owners are adapting their websites to look better on mobile phones in an attempt to reach this increasingly active market.
Running rogue online pharmacies and selling drugs without prescription remains one of the most lucrative cyber criminal activities.
It is so profitable that an entire chain of services was built to support it. These range from advertising to payment and distribution.
Rogue pharma websites are mainly promoted through spam, and at a rate so high that the "pharmaceutical" category dominated the junk mail landscape last year.
The Cyveillance researchers note that providing mobile versions for online pharmacies is becoming a trend. They exemplify with one pharma site whose font and images used to appear so small on smartphone screens that it would have been almost impossible for users to interact with it.
However, when visiting it now, users are taken to a clean and well spaced template designed particularly for such mobile devices.
More details - link
Running rogue online pharmacies and selling drugs without prescription remains one of the most lucrative cyber criminal activities.
It is so profitable that an entire chain of services was built to support it. These range from advertising to payment and distribution.
Rogue pharma websites are mainly promoted through spam, and at a rate so high that the "pharmaceutical" category dominated the junk mail landscape last year.
The Cyveillance researchers note that providing mobile versions for online pharmacies is becoming a trend. They exemplify with one pharma site whose font and images used to appear so small on smartphone screens that it would have been almost impossible for users to interact with it.
However, when visiting it now, users are taken to a clean and well spaced template designed particularly for such mobile devices.
More details - link
