Hackers target aspiring Internet scammers (InfoWorld)

January 23, 2008

In a twist, security researchers have discovered a group of hackers who are exploiting a new category of victims: aspiring Internet scammers. A Moroccan group called “Mr. Brain” is offering free phishing kits on a Web site hosted in France, said Paul Mutton, Internet services developer at Netcraft, a security company in Bath, England. The software packages make it easy to quickly set up …