Bredolab Botnet (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The BredoLab Botnet, also known by its alias Oficla, was a Russia-founded botnet mostly involved in viral e-mail spam. Before the botnet was eventually dismantled in November 2010 through the seizure of 143 command and control servers, it was estimated to consist of around 30 million zombie computers. On 25 October 2010, a team of Dutch law enforcement agents seized control of 143 command and control servers rented from LeaseWeb, effectively removing the botnet herders ability to control the botnet centrally. In an attempt to regain control over his botnet, the botnet herder utilized 220,000 computers which were still under his control, to unleash a DDoS attack on LeaseWeb servers, though these attempts were ultimately in vain. After taking control over the botnet, the law enforcement team utilized the botnet itself to send a message to owners of infected computers, stating that their computer was part of the botnet.