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e author of PBot is identified as “V.S.”, with the source code initially avail-
able from silenz.be. At the time of discovery, silenz.be redirected to hxxp://cp10.
shieldhost.com/~planznet/down loads/botsrc/pBot.rar.
6.2.6.8 Tsunami
James Pleger provided a technical overview of this simple HTTP command and
control bot, requiring just a Web server and MySQL database for initial setup.
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sunami enables an attacker to create a DDoS client that installs on a victim
computer, configured to connect to the centralized command and control server
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esignated by the attacker (see Figure 6.8).
e bots shown