New Thor botnet nearly ready to be sold, price $8,000
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| New Thor botnet nearly ready to be sold, price $8,000 | |
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| Botnet | Thor |
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| CCProtocol | P2P |
| Date | 2012 / 14-03-2012 |
| Editor/Conference | SPAMfighter |
| Link | http://www.spamfighter.com/News-17520-New-THOR-Botnet-Nearly-Ready-to-be-Sold-Price-$8000.htm spamfighter.com (spamfighter.com Archive copy) |
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Abstract
“ One fresh botnet named 'Thor' is being built whose architecture is decentralized and which uses peer-to-peer technology. This botnet, understandably, is about to be complete and will soon get traded on several illegal hacking forums for $8,000, published Help Net Security dated March 6, 2012.
Notably, the term botnet is described for one network of PCs, which attackers hijack and control. The hijacking is done via a 'bot' i.e. a malware, used for infecting the computers. The bot-infected PCs then constantly exchange messages with the network's remaining infected PCs alternatively with many regulators of bots for getting the botnet-holder's commands.
Botnet purchasers can have additional modules but must pay more, the modules being a form snatcher, mass mailer, password/keylogger capturer, DDoS malware, and sophisticated bootkiller. They can as well develop more modules of personal choice.
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