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Seeking Competitive Advantage, For Malware

jc_chgo writes "Brian Krebs over at the must-read KrebsOnSecurity.com writes about the rivalry between two competing authors of nasty credential-stealing malware. The newer (SpyEye) can remove the older (Zeus) on any system it infects. Meanwhile, Zeus is so successful prices have gone way up for the new version. These 'crimeware kits' are freely available for purchase, and have enabled millions of dollars in thefts. The buyers of the kits prey primarily on small businesses by using wire transfers out of bank accounts. This is a problem that is only going to get bigger over time."

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  1. Re:I am on my Windows machine you insensitive clod by ProfessorKaos64 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's also nice you can't read, He's making a comparison. He is saying orgasms are better in a groups, just like MMO Quests are better in a group, NOT that he is doing both, I know you are making fun, but your just dumbing down America

  2. Re:I am on my Windows machine you insensitive clod by gzipped_tar · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You mean he has 19 fingers?

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  3. Re:I am on my Windows machine you insensitive clod by ProfessorKaos64 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Please seek help lolz