Bredolab Mastermind Was Key Spamit.com Affiliate
Summary: Armenian authorities arrested 27-year-old Georg Avanesov, alleged curator of the Bredolab botnet, which infected an estimated 3 million Windows PCs per month and was rented to criminals for up to $139,000 monthly. Investigators say Avanesov, who used the aliases "padonaque" and "Atata," registered at least two affiliate accounts at Spamit.com, the spamming operation blamed for most of the world's pharmaceutical spam.
Key Takeaway: A botnet of roughly 30 million hacked PCs was a rental business netting up to $139,000 a month, and its operator reportedly recruited clients through the same affiliate program that pushed most of the world's pharmaceutical spam - the criminal supply chain ran from bulk email to rented malware infrastructure.
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