RC - Symantec Corp. has announced a new report entitled Report on the Attack Toolkit and malicious websites. From the report notes that the device to make cyber attacks are increasingly easy to find and use.
Tools to make this type of attack is increasingly in demand by criminals who have traditional technical expertise in cyber crime. With this tool, can be more independent, organized, and get higher profits.
"In the past, hackers have to create your own program from the initial attacker. This complex process that limits the number of attackers that only a small group of criminals who are very experienced," said Stephen Trilling, senior vice president of Symantec Security Response and Technology.
As cited by Secure Computing, February 8, 2011, Trilling says, tool kits such attacks are even beginners can easily launch a cyber attack.
"We estimate that the activity of cyber-crime will increase," said Trilling. "As a result, opportunities for ordinary people who access the Internet to be a victim, get bigger," he said.
As cyber attacks become more profitable, the popularity of the toolkit to make the attacks also increased dramatically and direct maker kit for device manufacturers to build more powerful and sophisticated attacks.
"Kit attacks now often sold by the subscription model with periodic updates, along with components that expand the capabilities of this kit, and support services," said Trilling. "The attackers are usually advertise the services of installation, rental unlimited access to the console kit, and use a commercial anti-piracy tool to prevent attackers from using the tool without pay," he said.
From the data collected by Symantec, a toolkit makers and common attacks MPack, Neosploit, Zeus, Nukesploit P4ck and Phoenix.
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