The most dangerous category of virus writers are lone hackers or groups of hackers who create malicious programs to use them for criminal purposes. These cybercriminals create computer viruses and Trojans that are capable of:

steal access codes to bank accounts

advertise products or services on the victim’s computer

illegally use the resources of an infected computer to develop and carry out network attacks (also called DDoS attacks)

blackmail

What is cybercrime and what is the risk associated with it?

To learn more about how cybercriminals operate and the risk their victims are exposed to, follow one of the links below:

Support for spammers

Distributed network attacks / DDoS

What is a botnet?

Expensive paid calls and sending paid SMS

Theft of electronic money

Theft of information about Internet banking

Ransomware and cyber-blackmail

The evolution of ways to spread viruses

Targeted attacks