Cybercrime grew hugely

Date: July 25, 2007
Source: nzherald.co.nz


The black market for software nasties like viruses and spyware has grown hugely in recent years.

But a worrying new discovery by a web security specialist means there is an easy-to-use, highly effective and cheap way for cyber crooks to make trojans.

Security specialists PandaLabs uncovered an application for sale at numerous underground forums that makes creating software nasties simple.

It allows even moderately skilled users to make malware, whether it be to download data or to steal passwords.
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