Stealware

Stealware refers to a type of malware that covertly transfers money or data[1] to a third party.

Specifically, stealware uses an HTTP cookie to redirect the commission ordinarily earned by the site for referring users to another site.

References

  1. Erbschloe, Michael (22 September 2004). Trojans, Worms, and Spyware: A Computer Security Professional's Guide to Malicious Code. Butterworth-Heinemann. p. 28. ISBN 9780080519685.

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