IBM Says Storm Worm Creators Making Millions, Daily [Riches]
The cunning masterminds behind the Storm worm are apparently rolling in great wealth. The boffins at IBM estimate the worm is netting just under $2 million per day for its creators. The Storm worm’s financial success comes from the fact that it has successfully created a massive collection of autonomously running computers, a.k.a. a botnet, which can be used to launch profitable spam attacks.
The sheer volume of spam that can be sent by harnessing the full power of the Storm worm is…
