The Year of 2008 In Cybercrime 47
BobB-nw writes "Underground botnet markets and high-profile spam cases headlined the year in tech crime. One of the most disturbing cybercrime trends in 2008, many security analysts say, has been the emergence of a full-blown underground economy where credit card information, identity theft information, and spam and phishing software are all available for relatively low prices. 2008 also saw major developments in the cases against three major spammers in the United States."
Re:Yeah, cybercrime is nice, but... (Score:3, Informative)
XP didn't always have that security center.
Before the firewall was put on by default in SP2, a fresh install of XP had - at best - 5 minutes between the time you connected it to the Internet and the time someone else had full control of your machine. It was unbelievable.
Phishing is nothing new. It's the same ancient techniques used by snake oil salesmen and corrupt businesses since we started using money as a trade medium.
You're right about hacked servers. It's a problem that won't go away until they make banks financially responsible for the security breaches.