How to Stop an Army of 14 Million Zombie Computers🎙Darknet Diaries Ep. 94: Mariposa Botnet

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Published 2023-09-21
When Chris Davis sniffed out some strange Web traffic patterns, he peeled back the layers to discover one of the largest botnets ever created. But what was it for? And who is behind this malicious network?

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All Comments (21)
  • @Coco-qy6st
    I relate to the difficulty contacting French authorities. I found someone online planning an attack in France and it took me 2 days to get in touch with French authorities, when I finally did they acted like I was bothering them. I have no clue if they acted on the information.
  • @Zullfix
    As a Canadian, I absolutely do not trust the government and wish there was more transparency.
  • @SeanAltamurasalt
    Jack, as much as I love your podcast the Math doesn't add up. 18 bitcoin at 30k makes 540k. It's 6am. I am sleepy but I can still work out sums in my head. Sean from Naples, Italy
  • @KevinBagshaw
    Just looking for something to listen to and this pops up. Thanks Jack!
  • @Toxked
    Most if not all intelligence organizations have it as a crime to acknowledge they work for them. About 30 years ago a guy said he worked for one of the British MI departments. He was fired and thrown in prison. I think for 2 years. When he got out, they put him under servalence as if he was a major risk. It was sutch a wast of resources.
  • @Ye4rZero
    "Mariposa.. the Spanish word for butterfly" "Thank you Data"
  • @wprtube
    Would be great if the original publish dates were included on YT.
  • @palehorseman1572
    The botnet activity is something I've struggled with and will currently be revisiting. One of the issues I am trying to figure out is detecting the dns activity of say google chrome and it's search bar testing (google "chrome random dns lookup"). Very similar in the random call out to garbage dns's. Only thing I can think of is looking for patterns in the activity spike and possibly users experiencing performance issues but still a little green at figuring the whole thing out. Good stuff!
  • @microburn
    Perfect thumbnail. Good timing. Thank you Jack.
  • @redblanket647
    Its very interesting telling our young ones to get back in school to help .Cyber crime is at the highest weve ever seen..
  • @co11
    YAAYYY another jack rhysider darknet diares episode i love your content keep doing it, great channel and podcast
  • @DamjanDimitrioski
    Wow, you can kill a person and stay 1-2 years in jail, rob a bank 6mo to 1year; but writing 10 lines of code 5 years in prison :D.
  • @redblanket647
    So far two are interested in going back to school .Needed something important that would convince them they can make a difference and the jobs are in demand. Thanks for guiding a elder that the younger ones look up to.
  • @Lovvv
    Came here from the new TMG podcast, Noel shouted you out, love this kind of stuff
  • @phillippotter6139
    When will you do encrochat chat series ? Plethora of info out there including emails,court transcripts, and a lot of discrepancies, data handling etc and lying under oath.
  • @danikavcic3336
    Wow! I am from slovenia and its the first time hearing about this.