Zeus My Adventure with a Infamous Bot

NOTE! THIS IS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. CHANCES ARE, IF YOU TRY THIS WITHOUT PERMISSION, YOU WILL GET CAUGHT AND GET THROWN INTO A DARK PLACE WITH NO INTERNET Bots for the masses. Recently at a conference that I attended, I sat in a class that was talking about Botnets and general ‘How Easy They Are’ related things. 90% of the technical discussions did not really come as a surprise to me, however, I came to realize that I am not 100% aware of how ( and I dare say this lightly ) easy they have it. The technical competency of the adversary really doesn’t have to be at a jaw droppingly high level. In fact, if you can operate the keyboard and mouse, heck, even a tablet/phone once its all setup, then you could potentially be a successful botnet operator. ...

September 23, 2013 · 17 min · Leon Jacobs