Form-grabbing Trojans have evolved to become the basis of a vibrant service economy for
criminal hackers. In one of the cleverest schemes, two hackers created 76service, a
subscription model for stealing identities. Here we take a tour of that service and
other elements of this underground world.
Form-grabbing Pioneers
Corpse is the handle of the hacker who wrote influential form-grabbing software.
Here (viewed using Babelfish), another hacker named Sash relays news of Corpse's
"curtailment of activity" on a site that sells a Trojan called Pinch.
In this exclusive series, CSO follows security researchers behind the
curtain to examine emerging forms of malware and the sophisticated global
service economy behind identity theft and e-crime.