Wednesday, May 14, 2008

The latest Cybercrime Business Model... Crimeware-as-a-Service / Public Technology website, 11 April 2008.
http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=15173
"In its Q1 2008 Web Security Trends Report, Finjan signals Crimeware-as-a-Service as the latest development in the ongoing commercialization of cybercrime.
Finjan has announced important findings by its Malicious Code Research Center (MCRC) identifying and analyzing the latest trends in the ongoing commercialization of cybercrime.Criminals have started to use online cybercrime services instead of having to deal themselves with the technical challenges of running their own Crimeware server, installing Crimeware toolkits or compromising legitimate websites.
“Currently, we see the rise of the Crimeware-as-a-Service (CaaS) business model in the Crimeware-toolkit market."