Hacking kits which can launch automated attacks on are going on sale over the Internet, experts have warned.
Now cyber criminals can purchase specific viruses or a kit which allows them to devise their own kind of cyber attack, the BBC reports. Some of the hacking kits even promise a year of technical support upon purchase. An expert from the software security company Sana told the BBC that sites which offer hacking tools "are starting to pop up left and right".
"It's the classic verticalization of a market as it starts to mature." There is almost "no limit" to what money can buy when it comes to hacking tool kits, he added. Among the most popular hacking toolkits of last year was the infamous MPack. Over 16,000 PCs have been infected using the kit, which is a product of Russian hackers.
MPack usually sells from $500 to $1,000.
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