The Rise of Crimeware

Desktop security software news, reviews, and tips to stay aware and prepared.

For a look at the most dangerous rogue applications threatening online safety this year:

http://windows7forums.com/security-zone/50822-rise-crimeware.html

CA researchers identified more than 400 new families of threats, led by rogue security software, downloaders and backdoors. Trojans were found to be the most prevalent category of new threats, accounting for 73 percent of total threat infections reported around the world. Importantly, 96 percent of Trojans found were components of an emerging underground trend towards organized cybercrime, or “Crimeware-as-a-Service.”