MOSCOW: If you want to hack a phone, order a cyberattack on a competitor's website or buy a Trojan program to steal banking information, look no further than the former Soviet Union.
The breadth and sophistication of services sold on Russian-language websites such as Forum.zloy.bz or Forum.evil offer a small window onto a Russian criminal underground that is costing Western firms billions of dollars in credit card and online banking fraud as well as "phishing" attempts to lure people into downloading malware or disclosing passwords.
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