It’s not your bank information or credit card numbers hackers that take over your PC are interested. Those items are bonuses. The real use of a hacked, or zombie, PC is in the computing power the hacker can use. Things like:
- Illicit Web Hosting – You too can serve up porn
- Zombie Grunt Work – Help spread the virus love
- E-Mail/Webmail Attacks – Share the load of sending spam
- Account Credentials – Your MySpace, Facebook, Gmail …
- Virtual Goods – If the gamer has gold in them there games, well, make that had gold
Brian Krebs explains all of these in his excellent security article.
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