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Malware-infected Computers Rented as Black-market Proxy Servers
Tue, 10/09/2012 - 8:00pm
By Lucian Constantin
Cybercriminals are using computers infected with a particular piece of malware to power a commercial proxy service that funnels potentially malicious traffic through them, according to security researchers from Symantec.
Three months ago, Symantec researchers started an investigation into a piece of malware called Backdoor.Proxybox that has been known since 2010, but has shown increasing activity recently.
"Our investigation has revealed an entire black hat operation, giving us interesting information on the operation and size of this botnet, and leading us to information that may identify the actual malware author," Symantec researcher Joseph Bingham said in a blog post.
Source: Computerworld
