Slide Show: 10 Ways Attackers Automate Malware Production

Peeking into an attacker's toolbox to see how malware production is automated and the Internet is flooded with millions of unique malware applications

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Tool Type: Malware QA

How They're Using It: Attackers also use SaaS for quality assurance. NoVirusThanks is particularly popular as a cloud service for the bad guys because it contains an optional tick box that gives them the choice to not have the service distribute the sample being tested. That would be bad for the long-term competitiveness of the malware in question. Image Credit: Christopher Elisan/RSA

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Ericka Chickowski, Contributing Writer

Ericka Chickowski specializes in coverage of information technology and business innovation. She has focused on information security for the better part of a decade and regularly writes about the security industry as a contributor to Dark Reading.

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