Commercial vendor of spyware under legal fire


Just like every decent marketer out there, vendors of commercial malware tools are very good at positioning their tools. However, their pitches often contradict with themselves in a way that what’s promoted as a Remote Administration Tool, has in fact built-in antivirus software evading capabilities, rootkit functionality and tutorials on how to remotely infect users over email.

This fake positioning is finally receiving the necessary attention. CyberSpy Software LLC, a popular vendor of such commercial spyware tools has been recently targeted by the U.S Federal Trade Commission, with the company’s sites shut down already.

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http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2192