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Wednesday, February 20, 2008

What happens when you let random people command your Botnet?

The answer, of course, is A DISASTER HAPPENS.

....that's one stressed-out Botnet owner right there. Mind you, sending out login details in Readme files bundled with your infection executables is pretty insane, so I'm not exactly sure what this guy was expecting to happen.

"Hey kids! Take control of my http bomber army and knock a bunch of sites offline! I'll ignore the fact that none of you probably know what the Hell you're doing and will likely mangle all the Bots but whatever!"

....heh.

In addition to pimping his "Everybody Welcome" Botnet, the infection files are made to look like hacking tools, and are currently being pimped by a veritable legion of leet kiddiez.

Read all about it at Spywareguide.

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