Comments on: Productive Botnets http://www.darknet.org.uk/2008/09/productive-botnets/ Ethical Hacking, Penetration Testing & Computer Security Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:15:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Navin http://www.darknet.org.uk/2008/09/productive-botnets/#comment-124740 Navin Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:58:12 +0000 http://www.darknet.org.uk/?p=1018#comment-124740 Nice article....some Darkhatting after a pretty long time!! :) Its a nice picture u've painted there Morgan.....think abt it....Ur own computer may be part of a system whose sole aim is to decrypt Ur own data!! Speak about Ironies! Nice article….some Darkhatting after a pretty long time!! :)

Its a nice picture u’ve painted there Morgan…..think abt it….Ur own computer may be part of a system whose sole aim is to decrypt Ur own data!! Speak about Ironies!

]]> By: backbone http://www.darknet.org.uk/2008/09/productive-botnets/#comment-124736 backbone Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:15:20 +0000 http://www.darknet.org.uk/?p=1018#comment-124736 very true, but such scenarios may be rather rare... imho very true, but such scenarios may be rather rare… imho

]]> By: Morgan Storey http://www.darknet.org.uk/2008/09/productive-botnets/#comment-124734 Morgan Storey Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:34:57 +0000 http://www.darknet.org.uk/?p=1018#comment-124734 They are productive, it may not be monetary, all though if you have some captured encrypted data that can be sold, decrypt it and it could be worth more than thousands of credit cards, see industrial espionage. They are productive, it may not be monetary, all though if you have some captured encrypted data that can be sold, decrypt it and it could be worth more than thousands of credit cards, see industrial espionage.

]]> By: backbone http://www.darknet.org.uk/2008/09/productive-botnets/#comment-124732 backbone Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:40:41 +0000 http://www.darknet.org.uk/?p=1018#comment-124732 yes I've seen that kinds of botnets also, but they are not productive... I mean what are you going to do? sell rainbow tables ? (grin)... where spam, warez, click fraud and DDoS can get very profitable very fast... yes I’ve seen that kinds of botnets also, but they are not productive… I mean what are you going to do? sell rainbow tables ? (grin)…
where spam, warez, click fraud and DDoS can get very profitable very fast…

]]> By: Morgan Storey http://www.darknet.org.uk/2008/09/productive-botnets/#comment-124729 Morgan Storey Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:18:05 +0000 http://www.darknet.org.uk/?p=1018#comment-124729 Another one to add to the list is de-hashing and de-crypting. I have seen some tools that a hearder can deploy to their botnet from a central web server that allow distributed brute forcing and even building rainbow tables. It is incredible when you put this kind of computing power in the hands of essentially a skiddie, if power corrupts, and they are already corrupt then it leads to the un-thinkable. /drama Another one to add to the list is de-hashing and de-crypting. I have seen some tools that a hearder can deploy to their botnet from a central web server that allow distributed brute forcing and even building rainbow tables.
It is incredible when you put this kind of computing power in the hands of essentially a skiddie, if power corrupts, and they are already corrupt then it leads to the un-thinkable. /drama

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