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CNET News Security & Privacy Flashback creators netted $10,000 per day at its height? Symantec says, based on information it has collected, that the Flashback Trojan creators might have been generating some serious cash from the exploit.
by Don Reisinger May 1, 2012 7:41 AM PDT Apple’s Flashback Trojan was a major concern for Mac OS X users. But it might have also been a huge revenue opportunity for its creators. According to security firm Symantec, which has been analyzing Flashback, the Trojan known as OSX.Flashback.K included a significant ad-clicking component that the company says, was designed to help the creators generate revenue. ‘Flashback specifically targets search queries made on Google and, depending on the search query, may redirect users to another page of the attacker’s choosing, where they receive revenue from the click,’ Symantec wrote in a blog post. ‘Google never receives the intend”
