Sell ​​a self-made spyware tool at low prices

A set of reconnaissance software tools has been sold on the Russian website for less than $ 20, experts at Sophos said.

Source: Chetart.com Experts at Sophos Labs have discovered the WebAttacker toolkit on a website of Russian spyware and adware developers. WebAttacker is sold directly via the site, with the promise that buyers will receive technical support from . "experts".

The WebAttacker toolkit includes pre-compiled script scripts, making adware creation and computer infection mechanisms simple and easy. In addition, it also equips buyers with a variety of spamming techniques to lure victims to visit malicious websites.

Most dangerous, the malware also includes a hot topic spam mechanism, such as how to prevent bird flu and hypotheses about the death of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic - to seduce recipient, and also to avoid spam filters.

Spam emails with fake links lead to very hot news that hackers use to trick email users into ghost websites, where malicious code is available. As long as users access the site, malicious code will exploit the vulnerabilities within the browser and operating system to penetrate the computer.

Particularly, in this toolkit, there is also a way to write a password-stealing Trojan program for banking attacks.

" Selling this spyware at such a low price online means that hacking errors have been downgraded . broken. Now, even the most tech-savvy people can join the crime world. It's a crime , "O'Briean warned.

This is not the first time people have found a set of malware creation tools like WebAttacker. Earlier this year, Sunbelt Software experts discovered a special program used to create keyboard monitoring software and Trojans. Attack targets are users within financial institutions in the UK, USA and Canada.

The Trojan builder provides a user-friendly, easy-to-use interface for creating new malware variants that can steal credit card numbers or log in online banking from victim computers, as well as Guide the e-Gold payments to the attacker's own account.

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