Practically speaking, the most effective way to secure a business from crimeware is from the inside out.

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Security firms said code to exploit the loopholes had been recently added to the popular Blackhole crimeware kit.

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It may also indicate that there is an emerging market for sensitive information and politically motivated attacks as crimeware networks seek to monetize such information and capabilities.

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All of that means that GPS Spy and TapSnake is more akin to Flexispy for iPhone and BlackBerry, a paid app designed for spying on suspected cheating spouses or other personal relations, rather than a real example of malicious crimeware as was revealed last week in the Android market.

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