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Re:A collection of botnet source codes, unorganized, for edu... by vbrandl on Sunday September 02, 2018 @06:09PM (#17898954)
When looking for malware and especially virus source codes for research purposes, you shouldn't miss the (sadly offline) VXHeaven library [0] and any ezines of VX groups [1].

[0]: http://83.133.184.251/virensimulation.org/src.html [1]: http://spth.virii.lu/ezines.htm

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Re:A collection of botnet source codes, unorganized, for edu... by keshab on Sunday September 02, 2018 @11:30PM (#17900122)
VXHeaven was a great site. Didn't know it was offline. Any idea what happened?

Edit: Apparently raided by police.

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/03/28/vx-heavens-virus...

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Re:A collection of botnet source codes, unorganized, for edu... by vbrandl on Monday September 03, 2018 @03:46AM (#17901095)
The site was back online again for a few years after the raid. The second time it went offline was due to lack of activity I guess.

Would be great to bring it back online even if it was a read only backup...

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Re:A collection of botnet source codes, unorganized, for edu... by Vivtek on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @03:36PM (#17912119)
It has also been archived to Github:

https://github.com/opsxcq/mirror-vxheaven.org

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Re:A collection of botnet source codes, unorganized, for edu... by rootw0rm on Sunday September 02, 2018 @11:49PM (#17900182)
reading VX zines was how I learned 666 = 0x29A
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Re:A collection of botnet source codes, unorganized, for edu... by vbrandl on Monday September 03, 2018 @03:47AM (#17901097)
Loved how the first 0x2a ezines were COM files with fancy hidden menus.
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