Malware makers turn to cloud

Grazed from ZDNet. Author: Colin Barker.

Malware makers are increasingly turning to the cloud to host their adware and other malicious code. According to a report by research firm Solutionary, malware distributors are rapidly and widely adopting cloud computing. They do so by either buying services directly from legitimate domains or by compromising them in other ways, the report said.

"The cloud has become a preferred mode for malicious actors who are using cloud computing for many of the same reasons that legitimate customers are," the report said. Rob Kraus, the research director for Solutionary said: "Malware and, more specifically, its distributors are using the technologies and services that make processes, application deployment and website creation easier."…

The cloud is allowing malware distributors to quickly and cost-effectively develop sites and bring them online, and to avoid geographic blacklisting the report went said, by "hiding behind the reputations of major hosting providers."…

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