DIY botnet kit spotted in the wild
Security researchers from GData, have spotted a DIY (do it yourself) botnet kit, available for sale at selected underground communities.
The DIY kit goes for sale at €10, and allows easy creation of botnets. Some of its features include:
- Possibility to carry out DDoS attacks
- SOCKS; bot owner can use victim’s pc as proxy
- Firefox password stealer; stealing passwords saved in Firefox database
- Remote execution of any file
- Pidgin password stealer; stealing passwords from the instant messenger Pidgin
- jDownloader password stealer; stealing passwords from a downloader of one-click hoster
