[pchelpers] Yahoo! Australia & NZ News - US cybersecurity chief warns of 'market' in malware - Yahoo!7 News

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - More must be done to combat the lucrative trade in malicious 
software, which threatens sensitive government networks and personal data, the 
head of the US National Cybersecurity Center warned Tuesday.

In his first interview since taking up the post in March, Philip Reitinger told 
AFP the spread of so-called malware like botnets -- software that hijacks 
computers to mine sensitive data -- now constitutes an "underground market 
economy" that is spreading attacks.

"There is an entire community of people who are involved, organized crime is 
involved. Hackers now not only assemble botnets, they sell botnets. There is an 
underground market economy behind that.

"We have seen lately some of the risk to national government capabilities from 
botnet attacks," said Reitinger, who heads the Department of Homeland 
Security's cybersecurity operations.

US cybersecurity chief warns of 'market' in malware - Yahoo!7 News
http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/technology/5660551

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