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There is an emerging group of talented computer criminals maintaining a low profile as they attack users' PCs, an expert has warned.
Mark Sutton, writing for itp.net, has asserted that cybercrooks have come a long way on from the "script kiddies" creating viruses a few years previously.
Now, he continued, hackers are looking to source confidential information in order to commit identity theft and seal information.
"They work methodically, looking for volume rather than a single big crime and are producing more malware and hacks than the security industry has ever seen before," Mr Sutton asserted.
Furthermore, these criminals are no longer confining their activities to the seedier parts of the web but are even infecting large and trusted websites with compromised code, he added.
The practice of hacking into a website in order to infect its visitors with malware is sometimes referred to as a drive-by download.
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