PCWorld - Security Alert: Cybercrime: A Recession-Proof Growth Industry

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By Tony Bradley
Feb 5, 2011

Even in a struggling economy there are some businesses that continue to thrive. In an era of cutbacks and layoffs, one industry has continued to skyrocket--with double digit growth year over year--cybercrime. The bar for entry is low, the overhead is minimal, and the compensation can be phenomenal. Put away your resume, though--you don't want this job.

Cybercrime has been a model of business success for the past decade. It went through some early growing pains where bravado and notoriety were higher priorities than profit, but now it is a finely tuned machine of commerce. Granted, you'll still get spam and phishing attacks with poor grammar, written in bad English, but many attacks today are polished and professional.

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