Re:Found: Bitcoin mining bot that is controlled via Twitter
by owenmarshall on Tuesday August 02, 2011 @01:48PM
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Traffic from random IPs will be spotted and investigated.
C&C over a known service like Twitter, Facebook, etc. is not -- I'd be more likely to assume it's legitimate traffic and not investigate.
What's really surprising is that the bot authors didn't even make a naive attempt to disguise its purpose. Perhaps that shows that this C&C pattern works really well and is not often detected.
C&C over a known service like Twitter, Facebook, etc. is not -- I'd be more likely to assume it's legitimate traffic and not investigate.
What's really surprising is that the bot authors didn't even make a naive attempt to disguise its purpose. Perhaps that shows that this C&C pattern works really well and is not often detected.