Cybercrime Just another Job Option for Undergrads?
McAfee is reporting that cybercriminals are now recruiting undergraduates with the technical skills needed to commit online crimes. The security firm based its conclusions, in part, on FBI and European intelligence.
The students are lured to write spyware, spam distribution programs, and information harvesters for phishing attacks. According to the Reuters story on the report, “Some gangs have sponsored promising students from other disciplines to attend computer courses before planting them in businesses as "sleepers."”
Cybercrime is beginning to look more like cyberwarfare, with well organized and funded adversaries and large scale strategic objectives.
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