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What a Botnet Looks Like

Posted by timothy on from the when-jerks-are-smart dept.

Esther Schindler writes "CSO has an annotated, zoomable map of real botnet topologies showing the interconnections between the compromised computers and the command-and-control systems that direct them. The map is based on work by security researcher David Voreland; it has interactive controls so you can zoom in and explore botnets' inner workings. Hackers use botnets for spamming, DDoS attacks and identity theft. One recent example is the Storm botnet, which may have comprised 1 million or more zombie systems at its peak. As with any networking challenge, there are good (resilient) designs and some not-so-good ones. In some cases the topology may be indicative of a particular botnet's purpose, or of a herder on the run."

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  1. Flash site, very funny. by inTheLoo · · Score: 5, Funny

    To get a good look at a botnet they say, "You need to upgrade your Flash Player". How true!

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    1. Re:Flash site, very funny. by Bryansix · · Score: 4, Funny

      They say you can get a good look at a botnet by upgrading your flash player but I'd rather take your word for it.

  2. What a Botnet Looks Like by sm62704 · · Score: 5, Funny

    here's a photo of a botnet. Ok, it's a small botnet but if the botnet was a semi you wouldn't see the computers, now would you?

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  3. Thanks for posting... by Thelasko · · Score: 3, Funny

    all of the IP addresses. Can I get that in a text format? I want to add them to my hosts file.

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  4. Ob. XKCD reference by DrYak · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ok, it's a small botnet Randall Munroe's botnet look like that.
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  5. Check out the losers by Hoplite3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    There are lots of well constructed stars, where a handful of master nodes control several slaves. Each slave knows two or three masters for redundancy. That's good design, and I expected it.

    But what's hilarious is that there are some ip addresses that are slaves to four or five different botnets. I wonder what the owners of those machines think?

    "Man, the internet sure is slow today!"

    "I need a new computer, this one's all slow."

    "Sweet! Five botnets and counting! I'm part of something! I belong!"

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  6. Re:Anonymous Coward by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, it sucks. I zoomed in to close and saw my IP!

  7. 127.0.0.1 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wait, 127.0.0.1 is in there. That is my IP address!