Cyber crime tool kits go on sale

[TechBear_Seattle]

Coming soon to your neighborhood arms market....

Cyber crime tool kits go on sale

Malicious hackers are producing easy to use tools that automate attacks to cash in on a boom in hi-tech crime.

On sale, say security experts, are everything from individual viruses to comprehensive kits that let budding cyber thieves craft their own attacks.

The top hacking tools are being offered for prices ranging up to £500.

Some of the most expensive tools are sold with 12 months of technical support that ensures they stay armed with the latest vulnerabilities.

The article continues at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6976308.stm

[hobbit709]

1. Truly free enterprise capitalism at work.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

2. And on a flip side these same hackers are selling their expertise to the antivirus and firewall...

industries.

That's what I call a real win/win.

[htuttle]

3. No self-respecting hacker would ever BUY their tools...

...they'd pirate copies of them instead, of course.

This sounds like a great way to relieve script kiddies of the burden of having excess dollars.

:eyes:

[TechBear_Seattle]

4. My thought exactly

Although I kind of imagine Agent Mike and his friends conducting raids and seriously thinking they were doing anything meaningful. :eyes: