According to data compiled by PandaLabs, the number of users affected by malware designed for identity theft has increased 600% so far this year with respect to the same period in 2008. Most of these are Trojans, but there are also many examples of phishing, worms, spyware, etc.
According to Luis Corrons, Technical Director of PandaLabs, “maybe one of the reasons of this increase is the economic crisis along with the big business that selling this information on the black market, such as credit card numbers, Paypal or Ebay accounts, etc. We have also seen an increase of the distribution and infection of this kind of malware through social networks.”
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