Will Sturgeon interviewed McAfee security analyst Greg Day in silicon.com:

Modern virus writers and the criminal operations which pay for their skills are looking ever more like real businesses according to one security expert, who even likened them to dot-com start-ups.

Day said that virus teams are planning, cooperatively open sourcing, and distributing just like regular businesses.

It ’s only a matter of time till the venture capitalists find them. Then they’ll learn how cutthroat business is played… by the real experts.

Full Story »