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Cybercriminals are overcoming language and time zone barriers to cooperate on making malware more dangerous - ZDNet

March 31, 2016

Cybercriminals are overcoming language and time zone barriers to cooperate on making malware more dangerous - ZDNet

ZDNet, March 31, 2016 

Cybergangs are networking and sharing tools of the trade to make their attacks more efficient. An investigation by Kaspersky Lab found that cybercriminals situated over 10,000km apart in Brazil and Russia are overcoming substantial time zone differences and language barriers in order to borrow techniques from each other and speed up the development of malware. This cooperation signifies an evolution of ransomware and other forms of malicious software, which not so long ago were developed in complete isolation from one another, resulting in tailored cyberattack techniques which gave away the regional origin of the attacks. 

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Cybercriminals are overcoming language and time zone barriers to cooperate on making malware more dangerous - ZDNet

Cybercriminals are overcoming language and time zone barriers to cooperate on making malware more dangerous - ZDNet
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