Money At The Root Of 2005 Cybercrime

It seems 2005 has introduced a new brand of hackers, crackers, and cyber criminals in general. Many of the crimes being previously committed involving young teenagers competing against each other to see who could hack into a certain computer.

However, 2005 has been a year of numerous security breaches putting the personal data of many consumers at risk, in which hackers could use this information to setup credit accounts.

In previous years, many people within the computer security were concerned about viruses entering a computer and damaging it, however 2005 has been the year of the “botnet” in which an “army of infected computers” is taken over by the hacker and used to commit other cybercrimes.

2005 also saw the introduction of new information about the possibility of routers being hacked, as well as learning about the “rootkits” that Sony BMG has installed on its CDs. Based on all of this 2005 has been a year in which more malicious cybercrime has occurred with the main intention of the cyber thieves making money.

For more information about computer security in 2005 read the article entitled, "Security Trends: Follow The Money".