Crimeware

Crimewares are applications that are developed to steal the personal information or to commit a crime. Usually crimeware are used to steal money from the accounts of the companies or the traders that makes the thief richer. Crimeware uses several methods. The attacker can use a keylogger trojan fro stealing the kestrokes from the user. The user may be an employ of a bank or other finantial institution. The attacker can use this stealed information for his job. Another method is by redirecting the user to a fake website even if the user has entered the url correctly. the crimeware allows the attacker to wait till the user login in to his account and the he can steal the information without identified by the user. The crimeware can steal password from the cache of the browser. The crimeware uses the vulnerabilities in the applications that uses internet connection. The attack may also in the form of an e-mail which provides fake sender details.