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:Emergence? (Score:5, Interesting)
There surely has. I found my way into such a vast place back when I was 13 and discovering IRC. People hawked credit card info like there was no tomorrow, and others sold bots you could add to a net to perform DDoS attacks, all very cheap.
Nothing has changed in the 12 years since except perhaps now clueless reporters are discovering the dark side of the Internet.
what OS .. (Score:3, Interesting)