Sunday, October 15, 2006

Hackers flog toolkits to 'newbie crims' / The Contractor, 12 Oct 2006

http://www.contractoruk.com/news/002895.html
"Professional malicious code writers are cashing in on wannabe cyber criminals who have little computer expertise but an insatiable desire for financial gain. Easy-to-use toolkits designed for the individual with no hacking experience have become ubiquitous on the Web, to the extent that they now power 15 % of ‘live’ malicious websites. These toolkits are growing in popularity, and “often” are for sale to the non-sophisticated user who may have read about the latest operating system vulnerability, Websense said. Announcing results from its report on the first half of 2006, the security outfit said the number of traditional hackers ‘who hack for fun’ are in decline, amid an upsurge in money-motivated crooks."