Internet Security and Programming

These days, nearly every aspect of the underground online economy that supports commercial crime operations has been automated. Online forums and criminal social networking sites have long offered aspiring newbies tips on getting started. But a slew of extremely popular Web sites increasingly are making it possible for newcomers to begin reaping profits from their activities through point-and-click Web interfaces that even the most novice hackers can navigate. What follows today and throughout the rest of the week is a look at some trends and tools Security Fix observed being used by cyber crooks, as a result of several months of lurking on some of the more popular (and in some cases invite-only) cyber criminal forums. Even the greenest cyber crook knows you never use your own Internet connection to conduct business. In the past, masking your true Internet address online meant configuring your browser to use multiple “open [...]

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