IT companies like Microsoft and Adobe have been trying to re-educate their customers and turn buyers into subscribers for years. Popular software tools such as Adobe’s Creative Suite or Microsoft’s Office suite are marketed for a monthly fee, thus providing their creators with a steady income. It’s a successful model for the software giants; It is not without reason that Microsoft is now the most valuable company in the world. However, cybercriminals looking to emulate Adobe and Microsoft have also observed the rise of software subscriptions.
On the Darknet, which is only accessible via anonymization services such as TOR, there are more and more advertisements in which cybercriminals offer digital weapons for rent – often for a monthly fee. As with legal IT companies, there is a division of labor here: there are ‘development departments’ and marketers who ensure that money is made from the tools. The latest example of the trend called “Malware as a Service” (MaaS) is called “BunnyLoader”.
Source: Krone
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