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Finjan reveals cybercrime trading platform

19/06/2009 Finjan reveals cybercrime trading platformPC users are being warned that their machines may be exploited by numerous criminals, who trade access to the computers on a trading platform.

Finjan has uncovered a network, labelled Golden Cash, which hooks up buyers and sellers of infected PCs.

Hackers are gaining access to the machines then selling access to the PCs to cybercriminals - and this is creating a pricing market, Finjan found.

Prices vary greatly on Golden Cash, ranging from $100 for 1,000 infections in Australia to as low as $5 for the same number in some other countries.

"An infected machine (or botnet) is no longer a one-time asset for an individual cybercriminal. It has evolved into a digital asset that the cybercriminal can trade online - over and over again," the report stated.

"Each trade results [in] a different 'owner', who can decide to install additional malware on the purchased infected machine and then sell it on to others."


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