Phil Mellinger ukazuje osm hlavních ?lánk? vývoje technologií crimeware:
- Form-grabbing for PCs running IE/Windows
- Anti-detection (also termed stealth)
- Web-injects (also termed man-in-the-browser)
- Expanded Browser/OS Support (Chrome, Opera, Safari, and Apple OS X)
- Source Code Availability/Release
- Disabling/Circumventing of Anti-Crimeware
- Mobile Device Support (also termed man-in-the-mobile)
- Anti-removal (also termed persistence)
