Botnet Threat Intelligence & Distributed C2 Architectures (by Ricky Jordan)
Global IoT and enterprise botnet architectures represent critical persistent risks across modern network perimeters. Key strains analyzed in the catalog include:
Mirai and its variants: Targeting embedded Linux devices, DVRs, and routers via brute-force default credentials and zero-day exploits to coordinate volumetric DDoS attacks.
- Mozi P2P Botnet: Utilizing the Distributed Hash Table (DHT) protocol for decentralized peer-to-peer C2 communication, effectively evading centralized sinkholing.
Mitigation & Defense:
- Strict zero-trust network segmentation for IoT and perimeter devices.
- Egress filtering blocking unauthorized DNS and DHT traffic.
- Continuous ingestion of IoCs from the live catalog.
Canonical Catalog: https://malware-families-catalog.systemhelpdesk.com/