Busting the botnet-herders

31.10.2005

CWHK:We've heard that botnets are now a commodity that is traded on the Internet, for example in lots of 10,000 "zombies"...is this true?

MH:Sure. (laughs) You wanna buy some?

CWHK:OK, if you can find out who's selling them, do you tell law enforcement agencies? Say you find someone in Uzbekistan, you've got his IP address, he's peddling these zombies by the million, do you ever say: "go get this guy"?

MH:Yes.

CWHK:Is it that simple?