Real coders exploit script kiddies

Skilled malware authors have duped less skilled cybercrooks into doing their dirty work with a new phishing kit.

A "freeware" phishing kit posted onto hacker forums poses as a way to set up fraudulent websites pretending to be, for example, PayPal or webmail providers. Spam emails masquerading as security checks are then distributed to hoodwink the credulous into handing over their login credentials.