Keystroke Logger – Symantec Reveals Keylogger Priced at $ 23
Yes, that's the average price for every keylogger software sold in the black market and the most expensive malicious software kit was sold only at $ 225 in 2008. If you see from the price range, everyone with the money can buy the software and use it for their own purpose.
The price for credit card information was the highest with advertising cost of $ 276 million in the black market and causing $ 5.3 billion loss worldwide in 2008. Credit card information can cost from $ 0.10 to $ 25.
The most pirated software in the black market is the desktop game and count for 49% compare to the other type of software.
These facts actually revealed by Symantec at Norton Summit 2009 recently. As you can see, this is shocking and you should protect your computer and yourself if you don't want to be part of the statistics.
What's more, you can buy some of the hackers' service as cheap as $ 2 to $ 10. It's so cheap that everyone can afford it. They operate just like the normal business and the only difference is in what they do and what they sell.
The most used platform in the black market for all the transactions and advertisements are IRC and web-based forums. From here, people can find any malicious software or services that they need.
It's very dangerous for us to go online without the proper knowledge. Each day, they're people who are cheated by the irresponsible people without knowing they had been tricked.
Phishing, keylogger, spyware, adware, trojan horse, worm, and rootkit are some of the threats that we faced online. So, how can we survive if we want to go online?
One word. Knowledge.
Knowledge is very important in fighting online threats and actually, it's not the antivirus, firewall, antispyware or any removal software that protect us. It's the knowledge of knowing how to prevent from getting infected that can protect us and our privacy.
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