Re[2]: Know Your Enemy: Tracking Botnets

[Egoist <mastah () phreaker net>]

Hello pingywon,

Monday, March 14, 2005, 6:22:43 AM, you wrote:

p> haha .. I didnt think anyone was REALLY named Thorsten

p> ... I mean good paper....

p> ~pingywon


p> ----- Original Message ----- 
p> From: "Thorsten Holz" <thorsten.holz () mmweg rwth-aachen de>
p> To: "dailydave" <dailydave () lists immunitysec com>;
p> <honeypots () securityfocus com>; <full-disclosure () lists grok org uk>
p> Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 10:08 PM
p> Subject: [Full-disclosure] Know Your Enemy: Tracking Botnets


> > Greetings,
> >
> > The  Honeynet Project and Research Alliance is excited to announce the
> > release of a new paper "KYE: Tracking Botnets". This paper is based on
> > the extensive research by the German Honeynet Project.
> >
> >     KYE: Tracking Botnets
> >     http://www.honeynet.org/papers/bots/
> >
> > Abstract:
> > ---------
> >
> > Honeypots are a well known technique for discovering the tools, tactics,
> > and motives of attackers. In this paper we look at a special kind of
> > threat: the individuals and organizations who run botnets. A botnet is a
> > network of compromised machines that can be remotely controlled by an
> > attacker. Due to their immense size (tens of thousands of systems can be
> > linked together), they pose a severe threat to the community. With the
> > help of honeynets we can observe the people who run botnets - a task
> > that is difficult using other techniques. Due to the wealth of data
> > logged, it is possible to reconstruct the actions of attackers, the
> > tools they use, and study them in detail. In this paper we take a closer
> > look at botnets, common attack techniques, and the individuals involved.
> >
> > We start with an introduction to botnets and how they work, with
> > examples of their uses. We then briefly analyze the three most common
> > bot variants used. Next we discuss a technique to observe botnets,
> > allowing us to monitor the botnet and observe all commands issued by the
> > attacker. We present common behavior we captured, as well as statistics
> > on the quantitative information learned through monitoring more than one
> > hundred botnets during the last few months. We conclude with an overview
> > of lessons learned and point out further research topics in the area of
> > botnet-tracking, including a tool called mwcollect2 that focuses on
> > collecting malware in an automated fashion.
> >
> > Thank you for your time,
> >    Thorsten Holz, on behalf of the GHP
> > (http://www-i4.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/lufg/honeynet)
> >
> >
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lol i am too

shit my botnet just increases in size wow

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