RE: Re[2]: Know Your Enemy: Tracking Botnets

["Randall M" <randallm () fidmail com>]

Now that you two have reacquainted yourselves can we can back to the paper? 

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dailydave
Subject: Re: Re[2]: [Full-disclosure] Know Your Enemy: Tracking Botnets

hello cock monger


~pingywon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Egoist" <mastah () phreaker net>
To: "pingywon" <pingywon () hotmail com>
Cc: "Thorsten Holz" <thorsten.holz () mmweg rwth-aachen de>; "dailydave"
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Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 10:40 PM
Subject: Re[2]: [Full-disclosure] Know Your Enemy: Tracking Botnets


> 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
>
> -- 
> Best regards,
>  Egoist                            mailto:mastah () phreaker net
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