Skilled malware writers have found a way for less experienced cyber criminals to do their work for them. A new freeware phishing kit being offered in hacker forums offers cyber criminals a way to set up fake websites and spam emails to capture users
However, the malware writers are able to siphon off a significant portion of entered login credentials, leaving only a few for the cyber criminals employing the phishing kit. This allows writers to capture the information without having to do the tedious work of setting up spam campaigns.

The kit appears to have been developed in Algeria and had Arabic-language tutorials but operates in English, according to Imperva, a database security company.

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