A new, exceptionally cheap botnet builder has surfaced called Aldi Bot and is for sale online for as little as US $8. Analysis of the bot has found that some of its code looks similar to Zeus source code, which has been leaked online for months. The bot s initial application was to carry out distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, use its victims PC as a proxy, steal passwords from Firefox browser and carry out the remote execution of any file.
Source: https://threatpost.com/new-aldi-botnet-aims-be-peoples-bot-under-10-092211/75678/