Cybercriminals have specialized in the various tasks needed to compromise computers, steal data. Nation-state attackers could be using rented botnets and cybercriminal services to streamline their operations. Security firm FireEye detected evidence of such a connection when it found instances of a remote-access Trojan. In another incident, cybercriminals sold access to compromised military and government computers, allowing would-be cyberspies to get direct access to their targets, says FireEye’s Darien Kindlund.”]
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