The front-end data collector gathers three kinds of list tuples that are useful for benign IRC, botnet detection, and scanner detection. The tuples consist of two kinds of IRC tuples and the TCP syn ...

Recognized as one the most serious security threats on current Internet infrastructure, botnets are often hidden in existing applications, e.g. IRC, HTTP, or Peer-to-Peer, which makes the botnet ...

Botnet controllers generally employ various communication standards, including Telnet, IRC, peer-to-peer (P2P), dedicated domains, Tor hidden services, instant messaging protocols and even popular ...

We present an anomaly-based algorithm for detecting IRC-based botnet meshes. The algorithm combines an IRC mesh detection component with a TCP scan detection heuristic called the TCP work weight. The ...

According to a new report by Sysdig, RUBYCARP currently operates a botnet managed via private IRC channels comprising over 600 compromised servers. Sysdig has found 39 variants of the RUBYCARP ...

In this analysis I’ll discuss in-depth a IRC botnet that I came across using the original 1.5TB of actionable intelligence data set that I’ve been working on since 2021.

Abstract: We present an anomaly-based algorithm for detecting IRC-based botnet meshes. The algorithm combines data mining method. We introduced k-means algorithm to distinguish IRC flows from no IRC ...

Such Botnets are controlled en masse via protocols such as IRC. Some of you may want to learn more about Botnets. Microsoft Malware Protection Center defines botnet as a network of computers that ...

Since one of the first botnet attacks in 2004 — called Bagle — botnets have taken advantage of internet relay channel (IRC) protocols to instigate infection. The architecture evolved as botnets ...