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Botnet Business Model Comes to Life

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the watch-the-little-buggers-multiply dept.

consumerist writes "Researchers at the German Honeynet Project have discovered that a malicious hacker earned about $430 in a single day installing spyware on computers in the latest Windows worm attack. Within 24 hours, the IRC-controlled botnet hijacked more than 7,700 machines via the Windows Server Service vulnerability (MS06-040) and hosed the infected computers with the spyware from DollarRevenue. The botnet operator made between a penny and 30 cents for every piece of spyware installed. Add that to the spam rental and DDoS extortion money and we have a booming business."

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  1. Re:Cut up any part of the snake! by JonTurner · · Score: 0, Redundant

    #5 idiots who buy shit from spammers.

    I know it's only tangentally related, but I couldn't resist the temptation to hop on board the hate train.