Hackers Increase Attacks as Stock Market Falls Down

The researchers of PandaLabs claim that the amount of cyber attacks has increased on the days when the stock market fell.

When the financial crisis hit in September 2008, something odd occurred on the days when the stock market saw its biggest downfall. The amount of latest pieces of malware found was multiplied. When the market experienced gains, the malware discovered came down. Since September 2008, it has occurred almost 8 times.

Chief Corporate Evangelist of Panda, Ryan Sherstobitoff, said that they have found something unusual about these attacks. He also informed that as the purpose of many attacks is to steal data like credit card or bank account informa...

» SPAMfighter News - 11/5/2008