Hackers Drawn to Cheap, Simplistic Malware Kits
Back in the good old days—defined in this case as circa 2006—hackers actually had to be fairly bright and possess decent programming skills to wreak any kind of meaningful havoc online.
Now, thanks to the proliferation of cheap and easy-to-use Web-based malware kits, just about anyone can hang a Black Hat shingle and try to steal users' online passwords and banking information.
No fewer than a dozen new malware kits ranging in price from a couple hundred bucks to as much as $1,000 have been discovered in the past six months, according to the latest report from security software vendor M86 Security.
