[Infowarrior] - The economics of Botnets

[Richard Forno]

The economics of Botnets
Jul 22 2009   |   comment

Yury Namestnikov
In the past ten years, botnets have evolved from small networks of a  
dozen PCs controlled from a single C&C (command and control center)  
into sophisticated distributed systems comprising millions of  
computers with decentralized control. Why are these enormous zombie  
networks created? The answer can be given in a single word: money.

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