For the right price, you can now buy a Twitter account user name and password. Researchers at Kaspersky Labs claim that hackers are attempting to sell compromised Twitter accounts for up to $1,000.
While cyber criminals have developed software to steal banking information and passwords, the most common spyware on the Internet is generic software that captures everything typed into a computer. Instead of just stealing money from compromised banking account logins, criminals are able to sell email accounts and social networking credentials.
The login credentials for social networking sites and email accounts are sold to cyber criminals who use them to distribute spam and other malware.