Bobax

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Bobax
Alias	Bobic, Cotmonger, Hacktool.Spammer
Group	Spamming
Parent
Sibling
Family
Relations	Variants: Sibling of: Parent of: Kraken Distribution of: Campaigns:
Target
Origin
Distribution vector
UserAgent
CCProtocol	HTTP (Centralized)
Activity	2008 /
Status
Language
Programming language
Operation/Working group

Features

• Dynamic DNS

• Domain generation algorithm

• Worm

CVE: CVE-2003-0533

Publications

	Author	Editor	Year
An overview of messaging botnets	François Paget	McAfee	2013
Detection and classification of different botnet C&C channels	Gregory Fedynyshyn Mooi Choo Chuah Gang Tan	Lehigh University. Bethlehem	2009
Spambot evolution 2011	SecureWorks' Counter Threat Unit	DELL SecureWorks	2011
The world's biggest botnets	Kelly Jackson Higgins	Darkreading	2007
Top spam botnets exposed	Joe Stewart	DELL SecureWorks	2008