Thanks to the ease of generating a botnet, in 2013, stolen accounting data on a mass scale is a no longer a hot underground item, it’s a commodity, one that’s being offered by virtually all participants in the cybercrime ecosystem.
What happens once a Skype account gets compromised? There are several possible scenarios. The cybercriminals that (automatically) compromised it will either use the Skype credit for their own purposes, start spreading malware to the friends/colleagues of the compromised victim, or feed the accounting data into their arsenal of tools and tactics for launching TDoS (Telephony Denial of Service) services.
In this post, I’ll profile a novice cybercriminal’s underground market proposition, consisting of a DIY Skype ring flooder+training+a small amount of credit on a Skype account available in the package, and emphasize on why this particular release will never gain any market share, compared to the sophisticated and publicly available managed services.
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