MALWARE-AS-A-SERVICE SO COMMON, BUSINESSES MUST TREAT IT AS A PERMANENT THREAT, SAY EXPERTS
February 1st, 2016
WITH advances in technology making it increasingly possible for malware kits to be bought and used by people with relatively little IT knowledge,
‘cybercrime-as-a-service’ systems are causing anti-fraud professionals sharper and sharper headaches. This is regardless of whether they work for banks, police forces or in company IT departments.
Summing up the problem, Fernando Ruiz, head of operations at the European Cybercrime Centre, also known as EC3 told Fraud International: “Everything can be sold here – botnets, online banking fraud packages, phishing ...
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