Details of a bank account with the balance six numbers in price from $ 80 to $ 700. The price of a fake online store is $ 30 to $ 300.
On cybercrime to steal credit card numbers, money laundering, fraud ... is a form of online business giant. PandaLabs has reported the new shows the current value of the type of cybercrime most common forms of fraud that have shocked many people.
For example, details of a bank account with the balance six numbers in price from $ 80 to $ 700. The price of a fake online store is $ 30 to $ 300. And with $ 3,500, you get an ATM to steal valuable information from any person using it. All for sale on the internet abound. (Prices shown below)
PandaLabs said that the black market for this type of cybercrime activity not unlike other forms of business. Since competition is very high, so the promotions, test and return or exchange the product was launched.
The transactions are anonymous, but was done through IM applications, and receive payment through services such as Western Union common, Liberty Reserve or WebMoney.
Despite a lack of accurate information, but the report also stated that this crime will grow ever richer, and more extended parallel to the economic crisis, thanks to the underground site help access information more easily.
The type of malware is increasing, especially the theft of banking information. Currently, the Trojans accounting for about 71% of new software, up from 49% in 2005. And 99% of the software are aimed at Windows. 5 years ago, only 92,000 types of malicious software are listed in the past 15 years the company's operations.
But by 2008, this list up to 14 million, and probably will not stop at number 60 million in 2010. To protect themselves against this crime, please:
- Signed name on credit cards, debit cards immediately upon receipt.
- Always leave the card where you can see when you pay at the store.
- Destroy all documents containing names, addresses, Social Security number or account number, and do not store emails too long.
- Keep or destroy receipts from ATM withdrawals.
- Delete all browsing data, including temporary files, after the online purchase.
- And of course, never wrote the code, update antivirus software frequently and buy only in the trusted sites.
