June 29, 2011
Lenny Zeltser on Information Security: When Bots Use Social Media for Command and Control

lennyzeltser:

Though some malicious software can operate autonomously, many specimens are programmed to stay in touch with the attacker to obtain operating instructions. The mechanism that such bots use for communicating their operators is called command and control (C&C or C2). C&C channels can take the form…

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