The latest estimate: $200 billion a year, rivaling the illicit markets for drug trafficking and money laundering, according to several security experts and law-enforcement officials. The hazards of surfing and shopping online have shaken consumer confidence in e-commerce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nearly 60% of Americans are fearful someone will steal their account passwords when they bank online, and 38% do not trust making payments online, according to a survey of 1,000 U.S. adults conducted by TNS Sofres on behalf of digital-security company Gemalto.<\/p>\n
Bank accounts were the most commonly advertised item for sale on underground computer servers, accounting for 22% of all items in the last six months of 2007, according to a Symantec report this week.<\/p>\n
Several analysts, including John Pescatore of Gartner, point to the escalating threat of bots, sprawling networks of compromised PCs controlled by criminal groups. The top bot nets send a staggering 100 billion spam e-mail messages each day, SecureWorks says.<\/p>\n
Speaking of spam and other forms of malicious software code, hackers are using YouTube videos to advertise their goods.<\/p>\n
In one post, a group from Albania offers to illegally break into corporate networks to steal data and implant malware, says Don Jackson, director of threat intelligence at SecureWorks.<\/p>\n
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