As to the Internet crime, China is notorious for the most happenings of mule activities. The country is also considered as a hotbed of password stealers who go all-out for login names and passwords for online games like World of Warcraft.
The thieves run after the virtual currencies and goods, which could be put for sale on auction websites. But as per the report from FaceTime, it has been revealed that a new trend of Chinese hackers have started bringing about their own file downloaders and rootkits, with the aim of monetary gain.
Chris Boyd, director of malware research at FaceTime Communications, revealed to vnunet.com,
The past three to four months have seen a slow increase in Chinese malware. It used to be the odd file every now and then, but it is now almost every day.
The online criminal could make use of this newly detected malware to control botnets, deploy adware and evade finding by security software, here also the monetary aim is liked with behind their wicked design similar to the practice rampant in other part of the world. The wicked criminals are beginning to realise that you could make silly amounts of money by deploying malware.
