Chapter
The Mariposa Botnet
18:50 - 26:52 (08:01)
The Mariposa Botnet gets its name from the butterfly in Spanish. It was discovered by Chris when he noticed a spike where hundreds of thousands of computers were all calling a certain website but only for a second and then stopping.
Clips
Chris, who previously caught and met Curador, shares his adventures with the Mariposa Botnet while working for the Canadian government.
18:50 - 20:09 (01:18)
Summary
Chris, who previously caught and met Curador, shares his adventures with the Mariposa Botnet while working for the Canadian government.
ChapterThe Mariposa Botnet
Episode94: Mariposa
PodcastDarknet Diaries
The speaker discusses how he has built relationships with those who own infrastructure that is often targeted by cyber criminals to gain access to data about their activities.
20:09 - 23:04 (02:55)
Summary
The speaker discusses how he has built relationships with those who own infrastructure that is often targeted by cyber criminals to gain access to data about their activities. Using this data, he is able to identify new botnets as they emerge.
ChapterThe Mariposa Botnet
Episode94: Mariposa
PodcastDarknet Diaries
The Mariposa Botnet was a botnet created using the malware toolkit called butterfly bot, where infected computers looked for commands to perform as part of the botnet.
23:04 - 26:52 (03:48)
Summary
The Mariposa Botnet was a botnet created using the malware toolkit called butterfly bot, where infected computers looked for commands to perform as part of the botnet.