On Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:38:16 CDT, RandallM said: > hi > an area that I am basically "stupid" on is botnets. Not what they are > but "how" they work through IRC as the control center. Not just that > but the various modern programs used. I am aware for instance LOIC can > be used to connect to an IRC channel.. but, how then does the "herder" > do the job from IRC..how does he issue commands that all the computers > connected act upon, etc. ? My curiosity has just got the best of me > and I would like some pointers to good material that can feed it.
Quick summary: 1) botherder gets on channel #my_botnet_C&C 2) Bots all joing #my_botnet_C&C 3) Botherder sends a message to channel "<secret_pw> crispy_critter nn.nn.nn.nn" 4) Bots receive the message, and contain code that says: if (word1 == expected_pw) && (word2 == "crispy_critter") then ddos(word3);
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