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Topic: [2016-09-15]Ransomware as a Service starts offering cybercriminals 80% affiliate (Read 285 times)

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With things made so easy as it is right now, I wouldn't be surprised when "normal" people not having done anything wrong (yet), will jump into this as a money making opportunity.
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Ransomware as a Service starts offering cybercriminals 80% affiliate commissions

Ransomware is the new cash machine for the cyber criminals and to our surprise, these bad guys are now offering a huge affiliate commission for the DIY Ransomware kits. ATOM, a new Ransomware affiliate program from Ransomware as a Service (RAAS) reportedly has started offering cybercriminals 80% affiliate commissions for these DIY Kits.

Atom, the affiliate program provides the 80% of affiliate commission via Bitcoins. The program comes with a very intuitive GUI interface and advanced features like customization, translation, monetization and more. The upgraded version comes with a new payload builder which is a downloadable and fully working executable file. The new builder makes the things simpler and helps the criminals to build up and run a ransomware.

With Atom, the criminals can create their own version of Ransomware and distribute it with their own preferred way. The options of distribution include – Email spam, Exploit kits, and others.Ransomware as a Service
http://news.thewindowsclub.com/ransomware-as-a-service-shark-atom-86130/
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