Want a Contract With Your Key Logger?

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via internetnews.com.

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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.

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More:
http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3661741

- - ferg

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"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg(at)netzero.net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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