Thursday, September 24, 2009

The Partnerka: What it is and why you should care

SophosLabs expert Dmitry Samosseiko presented a technical paper at the Virus Bulletin conference in Geneva last week, investigating the ever-booming spam industry in Russia and beyond. The partnerka are hundreds of well-organised affiliate networks, with thousands of affiliated 'webmasters', who make millions of dollars of profits per year through the online sale of fake watches, fake anti-virus, fake pills, fake love, and much more besides. Learn more and read Dmitry's fascinating paper.

http://www.sophos.com/blogs/duck/g/2009/09/24/money-online

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