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The Online Shadow Economy: A Billion Dollar Market for Malware Authors
sponsored by MessageLabs
Posted:  16 May 2008
Published:  01 Jan 2007
Format:  PDF
Length:  4  Page(s)
Type:  White Paper

ABSTRACT:

Malware, meaning computer viruses, Trojans and spyware, is about money. The teenagers who wrote viruses have grown up and now they're trying to make money. Today, the shadow Internet economy is worth over $105 billion and online crime is bigger than the global drugs trade.

Read this white paper and learn more about today's sophisticated malware threats and how the online shadow economy is booming.

 
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AUTHOR: 

Maksym Schipka
Senior Architect of Development


BROWSE RELATED RESOURCES:
Computer Crimes | Data Security | Internet Security | Network Security | Security Threats | Software Viruses | Spyware | Trojan Horses
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