Tech Crime Update
Tuesday, December 16, 2008 10:14Posted in category cyber crime, tech crime
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.
Sources:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/12/15/1538245
http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2008/121508-year-in-cybercrime.html
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Posted by: Geoff Caplan
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