Hackers jump on SaaS bandwagon

Nowadays, it seems like just about everyone is looking at SaaS as a more efficient means of software delivery. And that doesn't just mean traditional or even legitimate businesses--now even hackers are using SaaS to deliver ill-gotten login credentials to customers. "Earlier this month, [online security firm Finjan] discovered a small, standalone application gathering data on over 8,700 servers, including web sites from 2,500 North American companies and a handful of sites in Alexa's top 100 ranking," Ars Technica reports. "Potential buyers were able to log into the malicious server hosting the data-gathering service and evaluate any given web site's size and Google Page Rank to decide whether or not the site's FTP information was worth purchasing or not." One-time oddity or sign of the times? Looks like we'll have to wait and see.

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