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Want a Contract With Your Key Logger?
From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 06:20:22 GMT
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Via internetnews.com. [snip] Malware authors in Russia are now offering service contracts with their spyware. Yes you read right: You can now get a service contract to provide upgrades for spyware, Trojans, rootkits and key loggers, just like you get with your computers, Oracle databases and CRM software. You have to marvel at the sheer brass of it all. "The pricing model is scarily professional," Mark Sunner, chief security analyst at security firm MessageLabs, told internetnews.com. "You can buy a one-off and get an update or pay more and get many updates. The whole thing looks like a commercial model but is revolving around malware." The prices start at around $260 for just the software, and can go up to $3,500 for something guaranteed with updates and containing specific functionality, such as being able to recognize specific online banks. [snip] More: http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3661741 - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.5.3 (Build 5003) wj8DBQFF39kjq1pz9mNUZTMRAlOAAJ40Lv2zmbIxnVs+JyXNdaH5NWGCPACePK0O IgP0FHyPQY/KceKB8hSSjQc= =vDyw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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