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Whoa, never thought of that, but blackhats certainly will. If they get one celebrity, they could get all their friends. I predict a second one of these https:

• 13 11y ago
  Probably has engineering challenges past what you would normally face, which thankfully makes a 1B device botnet a little unrealistic. I can't imagine how you'd even begin to control such a thing, just a sequential numerical list of the clients is 4GB. Scary prospect though.
  • endymi0n 11y ago
    Not too far off. There's your discovery layer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kademlia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kademlia C&C: http://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/2pmmfu/using_the_blockchain_as_a_cc_for_a_botnet/ http://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/2pmmfu/using_the_blo... Persistence Layer: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach Dissemination Layer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gossip_protocol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gossip_protocol Sprinkle in some AES and public / private keys for verification and you're done. Sequential list isn't needed. (well, all the robust & stealthy large systems engineering together with the low level exploit knowledge is probably a little too much for one person to pull it off, but for a Hacking Team or nation sized actor it's quite doable)
  • Jare 11y ago
    The bot can call home to ask if/when more infections are desired, so the attack can elastically adapt to remain viable and not overwhelm the resources it needs.
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