Chapter
Renting Out a Botnet on the Dark Web
18:13 - 23:10 (04:57)
Cyber criminals would go to underground web forums like spam.biz to share information, hire software, or sell malware, including botnets like the CutWhale and GameOver Zeus Trojans, which enabled them to install their own malware on as many machines as possible and send out huge amounts of spam.
Clips
Google utilized a trojan called PushDo to infect Windows computers and add them to a botnet, allowing for the Cutwell spam engine to send out mass volumes of spam emails from these machines.
18:13 - 20:20 (02:07)
Summary
Google utilized a trojan called PushDo to infect Windows computers and add them to a botnet, allowing for the Cutwell spam engine to send out mass volumes of spam emails from these machines.
ChapterRenting Out a Botnet on the Dark Web
Episode110: Spam Botnets
PodcastDarknet Diaries
A cybercriminal advertised his CutWhale botnet on a spam forum, offering to rent it out to others who wanted to spread spam, viruses, and malware.
20:20 - 23:10 (02:50)
Summary
A cybercriminal advertised his CutWhale botnet on a spam forum, offering to rent it out to others who wanted to spread spam, viruses, and malware. The botnet was eventually used to spread the GameOver Zeus Trojan, which stole banking and personal information from millions of computers.