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Botnet keepers rake in adware cash


hacker According to research by the German Honeynet Project, a botnet controller who installed adware including DollarRevenue on compromised machines earned over $430 in a single day, just from the DollarRevenue software.

The zombie net in question was mostly created using the recently-patched MS06-040 vulnerability in Windows, and took control of 7,700 machines in a 24-hour period. DollarRevenue, based from a shadowy site in the Netherlands, pays per install on a sliding scale depending on the home country of the machine infected. The researchers calculated the botnet's income from installing the software by examining logs of infected hosts. The net was also used to install other adware products and hired out to send spam campaigns.

"Adware has long been a major source of income for those who hijack other people's computers," said John Hawes, Technical Consultant at Virus Bulletin. "Many of these adware firms run highly suspect operations, both ethically and legally, and much more needs to be done to prevent them from making crime pay." Virus Bulletin : News - Botnet keepers rake in adware cash





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