German Police Infects PC at Customs Control

The German newspaper Der Spiegel writes in its issue 9/2011 that the PC of a suspect was infectected with spyware at the customs control. It seems they had permission by a judge, but that this permission did not include the main functionality of the program: to send in a screenshot every thirty seconds. Pretty scary, I would think.

CISCO report on malware

Cisco published an interesting report on the 2010 developments on the malware scene. They discuss the economics of malware, the recruiting of mules (people who funnel stolen money on criminal's accounts) and future developments. The prediction I find most interesting is that Apple computers will be targeted next year. Another prediction is of course that smartphones will targeted.