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Chinese hackers wake up to malware riches
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Security researchers are noticing an increase in malware originating from China, which is adding to the challenge of investigating online pests.
"The last 3-4 months there has been a slow increase in Chinese malware. It used to be the odd file every now and then. Now it's almost every day," Chris Boyd, director of malware research with security vendor Facetime Communications told vnunet.com.
The region of Southeast Asia traditionally has been a hotbed of password stealers that go after login names and passwords for online games such as World of Warcraft. Criminals in those cases are after virtual currencies and goods that they then sell on auction websites.
The increase that Boyd is witnessing signals a larger trend where Chinese criminals are developing their own file downloaders and rootkits. Such pests can be used to control botnets, install adware and evade detection by security software. Just like in other parts of the world, money is the big driver behind this.
"They are starting to realize that you can make silly amounts of money from installing malware," said Boyd.
Roger Thompson, chief technology officer with Exploit Prevention Labs, shared Boyd's observations. He saw Chinese malware activities increase last January, when what is believed to be group of Chinese attackers hacked into the Superbowl website. The same group has been linked to a series of other online attacks.
Most of the recent zero-day vulnerabilities in Word and Excel that have emerged over the past months too are linked to Chinese hackers, Thompson said.
"I always thought that the face of the new generation of hackers would be Chinese. There is just so many of them, and they are an emerging technology power."
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