Spyware as a Business Model

From the US-CERT Update this week:

Hackers Write Spyware For Cash, Not Fame: More than 70 percent of virus writers are now writing spyware under contract, one more piece of evidence that hacking has evolved from mischievous hobby to money-making criminal venture, a security firm reported Monday, April 4. Aladdin Knowledge Systems said its analysis showed that spyware is the favorite among malware writers, since it lets them re-wrap their own “technology” and sell it, or even introduce their own money-making ventures.

Source: http://www.techweb.com/wire/security/160403632.

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