The enemy adapts: the state of spam, malware, and phishing scams @ Ars Technica
 

*Source: Ars Technica (http://arstechnica.com/articles/cult...ng-scams.ars)*
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Computer viruses have been around almost as long as there have been computers. But these days, writing malware is no longer exclusively the domain of a few socially maladjusted computer nerds. What was once primarily an intellectual exercise is now seriously big business.

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