Security researchers with VeriSign’s iDefense say keyloggers, malicious software folded into silent Trojans, spyware and other malicious code, are growing at an alarming rate and threaten a range of identity information that is being converted into criminal gain. Keyloggers have risen from only 300 in 2000 to 3,753 in 2004 and, more recently, to a record 6,191 this year — a jump of 65 percent since last year.
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Keyloggers Swiping Heaps of Identity Data
Posted by: Jay Lyman November 17, 2005 07:46 AMSecurity researchers with VeriSign’s iDefense say keyloggers, malicious software folded into silent Trojans, spyware and other malicious code, are growing at an alarming rate and threaten a range of identity information that is being converted into criminal gain. Keyloggers have risen from only 300 in 2000 to 3,753 in 2004 and, more recently, to a record 6,191 this year — a jump of 65 percent since last year.