#Stuxnet Tricks Copied by Computer Criminals - Technology Review
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Techniques used by government-backed malware are surfacing in the code used by ordinary cyber criminals.
(...) the techniques used in sophisticated, state-backed malware are trickling down to less-skilled programmers who target regular Web users and their online accounts or credit card details.
“Cybercriminals read the news as well,” says Roel Schouwenberg, a security researcher with Russian computer security company Kaspersky. Schouwenberg adds that sophisticated, state-sponsored “cyberweapons and targeted attacks now give us some insight into what will be coming into the mainstream.”