[pchelpers] News:Hackers build private IM to keep out the law

It helps them buy and sell credit-card info
Jeremy Kirk

March 28, 2007  (IDG News Service) -- Hackers have built their own
encrypted instant-message (IM) program to shield themselves from law
enforcement trying to spy on their communication channels.

The application, called CarderIM, is a sophisticated tool hackers are
using to sell information such as credit-card numbers or e-mail
addresses, part of an underground economy dealing in financial data,
said Andrew Moloney, business director for financial services for RSA,
part of EMC Corp., during a presentation at the International e-crime
Congress in London on Wednesday.

CarderIM exemplifies the increased effort hackers are making to obscure
their activities while continuing to use the Internet as a means to
communicate with other criminals. "They're even investing in their own
custom tools, their own places to work," Moloney said.

More here:
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