Scammers are tapping into the notorious Phorpiex botnet as part of a far-ranging “sextortion” scheme. Scammers collected about $110,000 from victims over a five-month spam campaign, researchers say. By using this particular botnet to send out spam, researchers estimate that the attackers could have reached some 27 million potential victims. The low-cost scheme netted the attackers about $22,000 a month, which more than covered the cost of renting out the botnet.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/phorpiex-botnet-behind-large-scale-sextortion-campaign-a-13264