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Chinese Hackers Waking up to Malware
An anonymous reader writes "An increase in malware originating from China has not gone unnoticed by security researchers, according to the site ITWeek. The aggravating software has been increasing over the last three months, to the point where some unlucky persons may be getting some every day. Individuals interviewed for the article are seeing an increasing sophistication and independent use of rootkits, new to the Chinese malware scene. 'China has traditionally been a hotbed of password stealers who go after log-in names and passwords for online games such as World of Warcraft. The criminals are after virtual currencies and goods which can be sold on auction websites.' These new types of software are actually encrypted, and can prove hard to dismantle."
Maybe the sony rootkit was a front to steal national secrets?
for sale
I'm a self-modifying sig virus
That's not us. For better or worse...
In Soviet Washington the swamp drains you.
That's a tough one to notice, eh? Ads in Chinese... "I don't understand this shit, maybe it's free pr0n!"
Adware is adware, rootkits are rootkits... I don't care what language they're in - English, Chinese, Swahili or even Basic.
They're annoying all the same.
Ignore this signature. By order.
...to the point where some unlucky persons may be getting some every day.
:)
TFS makes it sound as if that is a bad thing.
Welcome to Slashdot, I guess.