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Why would taking down the C&C for one week kill the botnet? Or for that matter even a few months. I assume the bots can just keep trying to find the C&C until i
by deft-code 8y ago
Why would taking down the C&C for one week kill the botnet? Or for that matter even a few months. I assume the bots can just keep trying to find the C&C until it finally gets through.
- brokenmachine 8y agoI don't think it did kill the botnet. From the article: "on July 11, 2014, the Justice Department reported that the number of computers infected with GOZ malware had been reduced by 31 percent thanks to law enforcement intervention." Also they were blocking the autogenerated domains on a weekly basis, but that would only work if the infected machine was in the US I believe.
- ryanlol 8y agoI own C&C domains that have been dormant for 8+ years now, they still get a constant stream of bot traffic.