Internet Researchers Discover New Hacking Service Site
Internet security researchers are warning about a new malware service, apparently based in Eastern Europe, which pursues a business model charging a fee for each PC infected.
The business model behind loads.cc creates several concerns. The botnet is available to anyone, and loads cost only 20 cents each. This could lead to a set of "super-infected" PCs that have several—possibly dozens—of bots loaded onto them. That, in turn, could lead to a proliferation of malware—so much that it could make infected PCs virtual battlegrounds for control over that machine.
The sources also worry about similar services creating a hyper-botnet in which the current botnet is used to load executable files that spread bots to other PCs, which in turn do the same, creating a viral effect.
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