Crimeware

Crimeware
Trend is hear for some time and is clear for everyone - organized crime has entered computer security scene. There are many ways to make illegal profit, and malware writers are obviously in high demand. Should we invent the new term for the situation - crimeware? Does it really matter if it is a virus, a trojan or a spyware? Is it reasonable for end user to distinguish among them?

Antivirus market is consolidating and maybe it is the time for a new name also - anticrimeware, or at least antimalware.

Related links:
Cyber crime tool kits go on sale (BBC)
"Cyber Crime Toolkits" Hit the News (Bruce Schneier's blog)
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Сергей Солдатов

REPLY-TO-ALL is a double language blog (English/Russian) run by three information security practitioners. Want to discuss information security problems? This is the place.