Botnets disrupted in major anti-fraud operation

An anti-fraud operation led by the FBI has succeeded in disrupting a scam that has seen cybercriminals using botnets to manipulate internet traffic from 1.7 million IP addresses and generate nearly 30 million dollars in fraudulent ad revenue. The ad fraud ring, known as '3ve' had been operating for a number of years and built two different botnets by spreading Kovter and Boaxxe malware to individuals through spam emails and drive-by downloads. These have been used to manipulate internet traffic and direct it to ads run by the ring and sold to customers under the pretense that the traffic was… [Continue Reading]