Botnet Operator Taps into Google Analytics

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Clever little bastards...

Via vnunet.com.

[snip]

A botnet operator is using Google Analytics to collect additional
details about his network of zombie computers.

Google Analytics offers free site visitor statistics, tracking the
number individuals that visit a website and their geographic location.
The service uses special html-code that is embedded onto a web site
that alerts the Google server every with every visitor.

In this case however, a botnet operator embedded the code into a
variant of the Opanki virus, McAfee reported on its blog. Similar to
the website statistics, this provides the malware's author with
feedback on the number of infections and their geographic location.

[snip]

More:
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2164508/red-hat-unveilsbotnet-operator

- ferg


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"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg(at)netzero.net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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