Re:The business model for botnets
by nugget on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @10:58PM
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>30,000 bots [generate] well over $20 million a month of profit
that's $666/month per user
>“Re-infection costs have been estimated at $0.0935 per device,” say Putman and co.
>For example, potential botnet masters can make use of pay-per-installation services to set up the network. These can be bought on the dark web, with a fixed fee of 2 to 10 cents per device for installing the malware.
So I can buy bots for 10 cents per device and make "well over" $3/day on them? Not sure the math adds up on this one.
Re:The business model for botnets
by Doxin on Thursday May 17, 2018 @10:16AM
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I assume it works the same way as renting a server. you can get a vpn for $10 a month and it's not unimaginable to make 30 times that back with whatever service you run atop that.
that's $666/month per user
>“Re-infection costs have been estimated at $0.0935 per device,” say Putman and co.
>For example, potential botnet masters can make use of pay-per-installation services to set up the network. These can be bought on the dark web, with a fixed fee of 2 to 10 cents per device for installing the malware.
So I can buy bots for 10 cents per device and make "well over" $3/day on them? Not sure the math adds up on this one.