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Cybercrooks to find more jobs in 2011
By siliconindia
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Tuesday, 14 December 2010, 18:38 IST
Bangalore: Fortinet, security vendor found that there will be a sarcastic bend in the job market by 2011. More positions will open up for developers who can write customized malware packers, people who can break CAPTCHA codes and distributors who can spread malicious code. This job will increasingly be farmed out to middlemen.
Another trend cited by Fortinet for 2011, cybercriminals will likely try harder to crack into 64-bit systems, which have traditionally posed a challenge as a result of their tighter security technologies. The Alureon rootkit evolved into a 64-bit variant this year, leading Fortinet to predict more 64-bit rookits on the agenda for 2011.
Cybercriminals are expected to rely more on using existing source code to create new and slightly different strains of malware. Since similar malware today already appears under different names and aliases, this growing trend is likely to further confuse the meaning of names assigned by various security vendors.
By 2011 the use of non-PC Internet devices will increase. Consumers now have more entry points to access the Web. These access points and the various devices used represent, in turn, multiple playgrounds for cybercriminals to exploit for financial gain. The introduction of Internet TVs like Google TV will open a broad way for the cybercriminals.
Even the security community is expected to grow potentially by taking bright steps amidst all the dire malware warnings. Fortinet cites the Zeus takedown this year as a positive example and a foreshadowing of things to come if the right people can team up collectively to shut down malware at its source. Already, certain countries and groups have worked together to take down known botnets and purveyors of malware.
