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What was the late-stage use of the Mirai botnet, and how did it misguide advertisers?
In its late stage, the Mirai botnet was used for click fraud, automatically clicking on pay-per-click advertisements. This misled advertisers into believing that genuine users were clicking their ads, even though the clicks came from infected IoT devices.
Key points
- The Mirai botnet's late-stage use involved click fraud.
- Infected devices clicked on advertisements that charged advertisers per click.
- Advertisers were misled into thinking real users had clicked their ads.
- This fraudulent activity wasted advertiser money on fake engagement.
Source:AI for Cybersecurity_ Research and Practice· DDoS Detection in IoT Environments: Deep Packet Inspection and Real-world Applications· p. 329–331
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