Spyware was originally designed to observe users’ Internet patterns and deliver pop-up ads based on their individual browsing and shopping preferences. Now, although pop-up ads continue to be a nuisance, hackers are far more focused on spyware as crimeware: computer programs designed expressly to facilitate illegal activity online. This change in approach is largely due in part to monetary gain. Hackers, once satisfied with infamy as their reward, wrote viruses with little to no financial gain. Now, it’s all about the money.
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The Increasing Complexity of the New Spyware Landscape
Posted by: Robert Scaduto October 23, 2007 04:00 AMSpyware was originally designed to observe users’ Internet patterns and deliver pop-up ads based on their individual browsing and shopping preferences. Now, although pop-up ads continue to be a nuisance, hackers are far more focused on spyware as crimeware: computer programs designed expressly to facilitate illegal activity online. This change in approach is largely due in part to monetary gain. Hackers, once satisfied with infamy as their reward, wrote viruses with little to no financial gain. Now, it’s all about the money.