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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 65228" data-source="post: 684402"><p>I agree! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>I don't think that an attacker would care to spy on an average home user, unless it was a scenario like with the CCleaner breach where the data is checked to identify targets who may be able to be used to gain valuable information.</p><p></p><p>Banking malware might still target home users because individuals can have even hundreds of thousands of pounds saved up in accounts the credentials were stolen to, but maybe this would not be common. Either way, if banking malware successfully infects a lot of people, the offender will still be able to use the credentials to take money themselves or sell the credentials to others. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite111" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>It seems that when it comes to banking malware, more focus is on ATM machines nowadays.</p><p></p><p>I think what you said about botnets is really important, because botnets provide a really big danger to us all in some shape or form. A successful botnet may have hundreds of thousands (or potentially in rare circumstances, millions) of zombie systems. If any of us are infected with a botnet, our own network resources can be abused to take down the very services we love using... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite113" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" /></p><p></p><p>Even if our own systems are not infected by botnet malware, other systems used to perform operations owned by individuals who are unaware that their system/s have been infected may still have an effect on us.</p><p></p><p>For example, if a large botnet operation were to happen where hundreds of thousands of systems started a DDoS attack on a service like Netflix, the one day someone has a day off after working hard for a month with small rest may be the same day they are prevented from catching up with Netflix! (as an example)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 65228, post: 684402"] I agree! :) I don't think that an attacker would care to spy on an average home user, unless it was a scenario like with the CCleaner breach where the data is checked to identify targets who may be able to be used to gain valuable information. Banking malware might still target home users because individuals can have even hundreds of thousands of pounds saved up in accounts the credentials were stolen to, but maybe this would not be common. Either way, if banking malware successfully infects a lot of people, the offender will still be able to use the credentials to take money themselves or sell the credentials to others. :( It seems that when it comes to banking malware, more focus is on ATM machines nowadays. I think what you said about botnets is really important, because botnets provide a really big danger to us all in some shape or form. A successful botnet may have hundreds of thousands (or potentially in rare circumstances, millions) of zombie systems. If any of us are infected with a botnet, our own network resources can be abused to take down the very services we love using... :confused: Even if our own systems are not infected by botnet malware, other systems used to perform operations owned by individuals who are unaware that their system/s have been infected may still have an effect on us. For example, if a large botnet operation were to happen where hundreds of thousands of systems started a DDoS attack on a service like Netflix, the one day someone has a day off after working hard for a month with small rest may be the same day they are prevented from catching up with Netflix! (as an example) [/QUOTE]
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