Botnets: Coming To A Social Network Near You
April 17th, 2009. Published under My Recent Reads. No Comments.
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I've dealt with a lot of different types of bots over the years. The communication channels amongst the botnets have varied from unsophisticated IRC command and control (C&C) servers to advanced peer-to-peer (P2P) protocols. For botnet herders, the problem is flying under the radar of network security professionals monitoring their networks looking for anomalies. The infosec pros who know their networks inside and out are likely to pick up on strange protocols pretty quickly which is one of the reasons HTTP bots have been so effective.