The ad software firm TubeMogul has uncovered a botnet ring that could be generating as much as $10 million a month in fraudulent video views, preying on advertisers like Nissan and Samsung. Like a traditional click-fraud network, the botnet works by hijacking computers with malware and sending them to generate false traffic for sites. TubeMogul […]
Researchers at Trustwave have discovered a new use for botnets: emptying bitcoin wallets. Reuters reports that a single botnet has used the Pony botnet controller to empty 85 different bitcoin wallets associated with infected machines, making off with an undisclosed amount. Trustwave successfully disrupted the botnet, but the group behind the attacks is still at […]
Researchers from FireEye have been monitoring a mobile botnet which they say is one of the largest in the world. Dubbed MisoSMS, the threat is said to have been utilized in at least 64 spyware campaigns. According to experts, the MisoSMS malware (Android.Spyware.MisoSMS) that powers the botnet is desig…
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