Hackers and Cyber Criminals using Password-Stealing Keyloggers Increases
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Keylogger use by Cyber Criminals and Hackers Greatly Increases according to iDefense
iDefense has released data indicating that hackers and cyber criminals are on pace to unleash a record-setting 6,191 keyloggers in 2005, a 65 percent increase from the 3,753 keyloggers released in 2004 and significantly more than the 300 in 2000.
Keyloggers, silently installed programs that record a victim’s keystrokes and sends them to hackers, put tens of millions of Internet users’ finances, personal data and account information at risk. Largely distributed by organized cyber theft groups, they are typically packaged with phishing emails or spyware – malicious code that than tracks victims’ online activity – often eluding traditional security defenses like anti-virus software and firewalls
Keylogger use by Cyber Criminals and Hackers Greatly Increases according to iDefense
iDefense has released data indicating that hackers and cyber criminals are on pace to unleash a record-setting 6,191 keyloggers in 2005, a 65 percent increase from the 3,753 keyloggers released in 2004 and significantly more than the 300 in 2000.
Keyloggers, silently installed programs that record a victim’s keystrokes and sends them to hackers, put tens of millions of Internet users’ finances, personal data and account information at risk. Largely distributed by organized cyber theft groups, they are typically packaged with phishing emails or spyware – malicious code that than tracks victims’ online activity – often eluding traditional security defenses like anti-virus software and firewalls
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