"A stolen password may reveal the formula to all of your other passwords, or worse, give hackers immediate access to those accounts that use the exact same password," said Troy Gill, senior security analyst at Appriver.
Troy Gill, senior security analyst at AppRiver, said: Blackshades has been circulating for years now. It is a remote access Trojan that gives the attacker a great deal of control over the victims machine.
AppRiver's Troy Gill is not so sure we have heard the last of Rustock. Gill notes that AppRiver did see a drop in spam levels as the Rustock command and control servers were disrupted, but adds "Interestingly, we have seen general, overall spam levels creep back to their previous levels in the past