New Chinese criminal software ‘Darcula’ tricking consumers into falling for fake websites

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Peter Davis was unwinding with friends and red wine on a Friday evening in October last year when everyone got hungry. "We soon started to think about pizza," he said. The 55-year-old looked up his favourite pizza joint — Crust Pizza — via Google and clicked on the first result, which happened to be a sponsored result. The site Peter Davis visited could have been created by sophisticated phishing software Darcula. (ABC News: Jack Fisher) He logged into his Crust account and the site showed him he had earned a free pizza for his loyalty. Mr Davis ordered two pizzas...