Necesitas una botnet, solo $9.00 la hora

Agregando un poco mas de sal al problema de las botnets y del "Attack as a Service (AaaS)" (no se si exista el termino pero ya que esta la moda del computo en la nube) una nota interesante:

Study finds the average price for renting a botnet

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/study-finds-the-average-price-for-renting-a-botnet/6528

"Based on an experiment conducted by researchers from VeriSign’s iDefense Intelligence Operations Team, involving 25 different "rent a botnet" underground marketplace propositions, they were able to conclude that the average price for renting a botnet is $67 for 24 hours, and $9 for hourly access."

Aqui hay algunos articulos relacionados (a bontnets):

The attack of the opt-in botnets

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/attack-of-the-opt-in-botnets/6268

The biggest cloud on the planet is owned by ... the crooks

http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/58829

Saludos,

-asn