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>I never had botnets connecting to me, which is what most of them don't like dealing with. It’s the DDoS attacks they didn’t like dealing with, but I suppose t
by ryanlol 7y ago
>I never had botnets connecting to me, which is what most of them don't like dealing with.
It’s the DDoS attacks they didn’t like dealing with, but I suppose that’s one way of describing it.
- LinuxBender 7y agoYeah both really. The botnets usually act as C&C for tools that create outbound DDoS attacks and exfil user data. They also create jump-off proxy points to mask their location. IRC is a very handy way to control large numbers of attack bots.