By Erik Larkin, Computer Planet
June 17, 2009 02:40 PM ET
It doesn't take a lot to have started in Net crime today. Uncover the right web site,
Office 2010 Pro Key, hand more than $50, and you'll commence wreaking havoc with 1,000 already-infected PCs.
Finjan, a San Jose,
Microsoft Office 2007 Product Key, CA safety business, looked to the "Golden Cash" web site, used by black hats to get and sell the usage of hijacked personal computers. The crooks behind the site infect PCs (or shell out other individuals to do so) with the Golden Money remote-control malware, then sell use of individuals PCs. And that accessibility doesn't charge a lot.
According for the price checklist in Finjan's report,
Purchase Office 2010, a batch of 1,000 infected PCs in Australia charges $100 - a whopping 10 cents each. A batch within the US runs $50,
Office 2007 Pro Plus, and bargain-basement poor guys can develop a far-east malware network for as minor as $5 for each 1,
Windows 7 Keygen,000. Crooks can then install other malware, mail spam, embed rogue antivirus, or use the victim PCs in any number of profit-making scams.
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