Open Source wins the Trojan market
According to some security experts, in the market of Trojans, the share of Open Source has reached 10% and continues to grow. Open software has an advantage over closed, because here it is easier to modify the program and add new features, which is very important in this specific software.
Some open source Trojans are de facto transformed into collective projects: one hacker group will add a cryptography module there, another - a video broadcasting functionality from a remote PC, etc. At the same time, the authors of Trojans earn in the way that is familiar to Open Source - they are widely known by opening sources, and they make a paid version of the program with advanced functionality.
The custom of releasing open source trojans has been going since 1999, when the hacker group Cult of the Dead Cow published the source code of the trojan Back Orifice .
In 2007, the Limbo Trojan was released, which, after the discovery of the source code, became the most actively used Trojan in the history of the Internet. Today, this Trojan is much inferior in functionality to the more sophisticated Zeus rival, but due to the open source code, Limbo has great chances to become the first trojan for a novice hacker. Before the opening of the source code, Limbo was selling for $ 350, and Zeus on the black market costs from $ 1000 to $ 3000.
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True, there are also disadvantages to opening sources, because security specialists can comprehensively analyze the program code and subsequently configure heuristic analysis systems to reliably detect the activity of this particular trojan.
Some open source Trojans are de facto transformed into collective projects: one hacker group will add a cryptography module there, another - a video broadcasting functionality from a remote PC, etc. At the same time, the authors of Trojans earn in the way that is familiar to Open Source - they are widely known by opening sources, and they make a paid version of the program with advanced functionality.
The custom of releasing open source trojans has been going since 1999, when the hacker group Cult of the Dead Cow published the source code of the trojan Back Orifice .
In 2007, the Limbo Trojan was released, which, after the discovery of the source code, became the most actively used Trojan in the history of the Internet. Today, this Trojan is much inferior in functionality to the more sophisticated Zeus rival, but due to the open source code, Limbo has great chances to become the first trojan for a novice hacker. Before the opening of the source code, Limbo was selling for $ 350, and Zeus on the black market costs from $ 1000 to $ 3000.
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True, there are also disadvantages to opening sources, because security specialists can comprehensively analyze the program code and subsequently configure heuristic analysis systems to reliably detect the activity of this particular trojan.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/70230/
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