From InternetNews:
Snoops no longer need much technical savvy to steal personal information from computers and mobile phones. The reason? Easy-to-use spyware (define) is increasingly becoming available online.
Recently released offerings include a kit that allows purchasers to infect their Web sites with malicious software code that can automatically install itself on computers that happen to visit the booby trapped site, and software that can be installed on mobile phones to track all incoming and outgoing calls and text messages…
“This type of behavior is inviting the return of what we call script-kiddies,” said Carole Theriault, senior security consultant at Sophos, in a statement. “The more common cyber attacks become, the more of these types of sites offering kits, databases of email addresses and [custom-built] Trojans and spyware we will see. So as long as the money continues to flow, there will be interested parties.”