ZDNet: Criminals in the cloud: How malware-as-a-service is becoming the tool of choice for crooks

Rather than selling their malware as a one-off, virus writers are offering access to the latest exploit kits via on-demand services.

By Danny Palmer
April 21, 2016

Everyone is working to a cloud business model now -- even virus writers. Rather than turning a profit just once by selling a security exploit as a one-off, authors of malicious software are now selling malware as a cloud-based service. This means they make money each time someone pays to use or rent one of the products, according to researchers.

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