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Attack Toolkits Dominating the Threat Landscape 66

wiredmikey writes "The ease-of-use and ability to amass great profits through the use of easily accessible 'attack toolkits' are driving faster proliferation of cyber attacks and expanding the pool of attackers, opening the doors to more criminals who would likely otherwise lack the required technical expertise to succeed in the cybercrime underground. The relative simplicity and effectiveness of attack kits has contributed to their increased use in cybercrime — these kits are now being used in the majority of malicious Internet attacks."
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Attack Toolkits Dominating the Threat Landscape

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  • This is news? (Score:5, Informative)

    by girlintraining ( 1395911 ) on Tuesday January 18, 2011 @11:47AM (#34916524)

    News Flash: The proliferation of manufactured weapons is credited with a rise in use amongst those with limited training in the use of weapons. Also, technology is making things previously difficult to do easy, says spokesperson for Captain Obvious.

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