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

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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[@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.

[@soulbrothers7789]

yeah someone will tell you online what he is planning to do, to complete stranger. I understand why French didn't react 😂

[@Coco-qy6st]

@@soulbrothers7789 No, the person had a blog and a website detailing their beliefs and plans. I did not imply someone randomly messaged me out of the blue.

[@justsummers1559]

​@@w花bwtf

[@pointfrogg]

@xixi560 I wonder if we're thinking the same thing. Where I'm from its common among workers to warn against going to our countries Ministry of Worker affairs to report an employer because that person usually gets fired a few days later with no change or penalties to the company that person worked for. I sadly think its the same with courts, schools, banks etc. Police have one of the highest domestic violence rates of a profession, who do their partners go to for protection?

[@tentimesful]

My hotmail account was being hacked all over the world from china to russia to yemen to north korea, but my password is heavy as even I dont know it lol... as I hear from eaves droppers probably from space what is your hotmail password, so I answer I dont know lol which I really dont know because I copy paste with control x control v in windows lol.... eventually I contacted the dutch police and told them about that and they told me to contact microsoft, well I did microsoft gave no answer, well it was to their suggestion/problem message hub... I want this feature from microsoft that my hotmail account can only be entered from europe or maybe even only holland till I say otherwise as they showed me password failed entry tries from all over the world for my account... well microsoft came with something new I can only log in with my second email, well no solution still get annoying emails there with code to log in they hackers doesnt know...

[@Zullfix]

As a Canadian, I absolutely do not trust the government and wish there was more transparency.

[@Ciaooamigoo__]

Feel same man

[@lawrencegerads7955]

As a human, I don't trust the government either.

[@methe7738]

Anyone who doesn’t atleast have some hate for the gov must be a robot or some

[@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

[@XxDeathsEnemyxX]

I pulled out my calculator simply because I was like yeah nowhere near $1 million, but let me make sure I’m not wrong.

[@muhammedhailemeskel9923]

Yeah WTF

[@rubikquitous8482]

isnt it at 1 million now though, since they are near 50-60k?

[@christopherart8]

lol, how about now. It’s at 98,000

[@YourFavoriteHacker8666]

Right now you’re at about 1.8M

[@KevinBagshaw]

Just looking for something to listen to and this pops up. Thanks Jack!

[@RiffRaffMama.]

lol the exact same thing just happened to me. I’m about to drive home and I thought “what can I listen to?” and this comes up as uploaded 18 minutes ago. Sold!

[@mechanicaltech7]

Same!! Awesome timing 😎

[@kal7219]

Yessir

[@TheBen9701]

Isn’t this how it always works?

[@Ye4rZero]

"Mariposa.. the Spanish word for butterfly" "Thank you Data"

[@Mechanically_Speaking]

Alternate meaning = a boy that acts like a girl

[@microburn]

Perfect thumbnail. Good timing. Thank you Jack.

[@wprtube]

Would be great if the original publish dates were included on YT.

[@baoboumusic]

Click on the link in the notes, it will give you the original release date one click away

[@co11]

YAAYYY another jack rhysider darknet diares episode i love your content keep doing it, great channel and podcast

[@specialsause949]

FYI, all of the KZbinuploads are passed episodes of the audio podcast. All of these epsiodes I've listened to over a year ago.

[@co11]

bruh i just noticed there are 136 episodes on spotify, im dumb as hell@@specialsause949

[@justsummers1559]

​@@specialsause949yeah it sucks it's not updated the same

[@Ryuga117]

@@justsummers1559nah he is making his money wisely, kudos to him

[@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!

[@redblanket647]

Its very interesting telling our young ones to get back in school to help .Cyber crime is at the highest weve ever seen..

[@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.

[@DamjanDimitrioski]

Also, corporations that create mass murder weapons, that are used to kill humans on daily basis, nobody is punished them. So how come selling a computer code that won't kill anyone is more dangerous than weapons construction and sale?

[@Bullminator]

@@DamjanDimitrioski Its 30 years in slovenija if you murder someone. More if more people.

[@Rezin_8]

5 years to do remote work 😅

[@turtle7043]

i know you're just making a point but murder and robbery have much longer sentences

[@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.

[@fmms893]

As usual, great episode!

[@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.

[@danikavcic3336]

Wow! I am from slovenia and its the first time hearing about this.

[@xer00rex]

wow congrats, u must've been living undur a rock!

[@danikavcic3336]

Thanks for taking your time to comment. Could at least add a fund fact about this story as it seems you are a know it all.

[@a1038954]

perfect timing, lets gooooo!

[@Entropy67]

Right, France doesn't have a government.

[@ReligionAndMaterialismDebunked]

:3 Damnnn. The law enforcement seized all his computer stuff, but didn't take his notebook. He hid his notebook after that. He bought 10 Bitcoin back in the day, which was worth $10k. Now? Now it's worth over a million dollars, and the hacker gets out of jail next year. That's a big payout! Haha

[@CyborgHGWF]

here is something to think about you can make a map on a second server of all the blockchains activity. Even if it was done off Tor Nodes someone has a copy of the exit nodes. You can’t tell me the NSA has a copy of all of it

[@shawnmendrek3544]

or enough people to analyze/dissec t it. They would need AI for that... hmmm

[@dannileigh6426]

So...the other day I was leaving my flipper scanning AP's as I was out for some things, looked through the log and found one that definitely stood out to me: CSE Surveillance Van

[@PedroSanchez-sq9kt]

Any tips for a beginner wanting to start in cyber security ??

[@Ring0--]

Sweet! Another episode.

[@QuantApplicantMattKulis]

bitcoin anything +jack rhysider narration = GOLD

[@0therun1t21]

I've been meaning to tell you I love the outro music, it gets stuck in my head and Breakmaster Cylinder is a cool name. Do the French authorities treat their own citizens with as much disdain? Talk about stereotypes!

[@zaphhood4745]

Five eyes never lies. Why would 1 not clear systems of 1 ?

[@drwdzz]

Whatcha gotta do is offer to go on a hunting trip with them then casually say " I'd sure like to get a look at your files."

[@egtaha]

Canada is America's hat

[@rosonowski]

After the Kik episode last week, I really needed some blue team wins. Thanks.

[@woundedmonk1884]

i feel called out by that outro

[@MikeHarris1984]

I can imagine Canada listening in "ooooool. Soooorie eh. Didn't meen ta listin in on yur calls here eh. Plz forgiv da government now won't ya?" "I'm jus trien to fend sum terrestsss, ya know? " I'm sssooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaa

[@hoangvu6811]

Yayyy new episode ❤ listening to this with my breakfast

[@fordprefect7316]

Couldn't you put the NPR footage on the video?

[@icecave89]

Just a note: When I was in the USAF in the 60's (yes an old man) I saw the movie Dr. Strangelove and asked an Officer I was working with, is The DEW Line real ? answer Can't talk about that 🙂

[@RubeeDtimebot000]

Try telling the masses about the U.N. agendas 2030s, and after studying All That, might make sense as to why infrastructures are being Allowed to collapse, worldwide

[@alexlopez5800]

​@@RubeeDtimebot000UN agendas? Like??

[@swilsonmc2]

Jack is back!

[@TheCyb3rM0nk]

Man this music 🔥🔥. It gives me goosebumps.

[@Mx.CatsMeow]

Great episode!

[@matts9669]

Been waiting days xD ty jack

[@DamjanDimitrioski]

CSIS sounds like Counter strike, not very scary like NSA or CIA :D.

[@densidste9137]

give it a year.

[@igreeuropa]

Shout out from Slovenia 🇸🇮 😅❤

[@GalaxusArtico]

How off the computers a cada flash off

[@ADHD007-A1]

Just what I needed!

[@melia707]

Love this ep :) 🖤🏴🏴‍☠️

[@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.

[@ChickenMan666]

We finally made it ! Morocco is on the podcast lol

[@seebuch93]

Coolest intro I've ever seen

[@13everythinghaschanged13]

jack you slay so hard

[@worldsstrongestgamer4033]

This is gonna be a good one

[@tentimesful]

you can set a system that blocks the ip of the infected computer if it does too much connections maybe for a short or longer time with all the other 14 million till you get to it lol.... you can also set maximum connection at same time for server by programming... I worked at this company and I was testing how many the server could handle I did thread connection to the server to start how many connection it could handle and how many I should set the limit lol.. but if it gets too crazy block the ip of the hacker is available...

[@jeremy.misquitta]

High time you make a movie or series🍿🎉❤

[@seputinen]

Like the one in England, who threw away his hard-drive with his bitcoin wallet by accident :P Gotta hurt -_-

[@densidste9137]

trash story as in the pizza buyer scenario.

[@seputinen]

🤣🤣@@densidste9137

[@sejamstihm]

Hey look, there's the map of Australia on the right-hand side screen!

[@westwild75]

I think 💬 Everything meant to be for a reason and only for a good reason... Nothing is happening Randomly😊...

[@stuartupton5502]

To me, it sounds like the French authorities, know about the botnet and are leveraging it for their own benefit...

[@hwhw4414]

Thank you

[@VeraBulatovic-s3b]

He robbery The Simpsons, even actors give 50 voices, Mupets, Family gay, Disney in jail, because we make cartoons with him. Can we somehow help them with money. All of them, UK also. They are in run long time ago.

[@ZedJams]

😂 the title got me

[@redmuskratt]

Do you feel bad about getting a human locked in a cage? If course not, I'm Canadian.

[@KillaMilla0513]

Yeah I love when maintenance man at apartment complexes mess around with a million plus btu boiler then cry when they messed up the heat exchanger lol😂😂😂. Make your money but be careful with the money's you work with

[@familieehrenfeld9123]

Heard they are sending the bald eagle to microwave me or my family members.

[@careyelwell3287]

We love you jack

[@gitfoad8032]

Who elects the King?

[@GalaxusArtico]

How off cpu a notebook a trick Baggio

[@lopezalehandro1666]

The French authorities actions (or should i say inaction) reminds me about a skit the late great Robin Williams used to do "Fuck you Americans, I dont care...". I think im gonna go look it up. Great episode Darknet Diaries.

[@densidste9137]

just skimming over it took just 3 YEARS to pay millions of dollars back, from a otherwise faceless website before we saw any sort of regulations... respect ?

[@elmehdiezziar]

Perfect 😎

[@zechariah2812]

Jack Rhysider the MF GOAT!

[@gabi-sw8zw]

Damn I also used nice hash....

[@chrimony]

The French have outlawed hacking. Thus it's not a problem. I have no idea what this Chris guy is banging on about. . . . (Obvious sarcasm alert).

[@Rezin_8]

Discretion is the best feature of hooman 😅 artificial IQ is terrifying

[@VeraBulatovic-s3b]

Let's be Pandas was joke The Simpsons and me.

[@billdberger7407]

The PBS narrator has a perfect Trump speaking inflection and affect.

[@GoodzyBuZ]

i got raided because of this and other stuff , good old darkode days ;)

[@CarlosDale-i7c]

Not for long!

[@DevRel1]

Zombie Computers... LFG~!

[@waterandafter]

Maybe someone in France's government is all in on some Bitcoin mining with government systems?

[@raymond_luxury_yacht]

Hand me access to whatever I wanted. FFS

[@PositiveSquad23]

💎

[@GlasPerson]

Hi you had made a video about the crypto market place that they stoll all the bitcoins. Can you let me know the please.

[@familieehrenfeld9123]

Imagine the gods no longer wanting to be gods, George Soros says no, Rothschilds say no you Georgie, Royals say I never wanted to be God, Freemasons say I can't be God, I have to put out all those soy babies 😂😂😂😂😂

[@mrhassell]

simple. It's called a reverse proxy. next

[@Entropy67]

??? next what?

[@mrhassell]

@@Entropy67 it's actually that simple. set the TO from IP/ Port per config. Create load balanced cluster pairs, add service based in memory performance tuning / caching such as Memcached , Varnish, Redis, E/Ncache. Hazelcast and simply fail over to a chainable, extendable and totally open source, able to kick any 10k limitation and of course, filter, log, report and monitor. It's a nice image and was an interesting topic, in the 90's.

[@lolbots]

18 x 30,000 is not 1 million dollars my guy

[@radiosnmore]

I need some cash. Sigh...my gtx 1060 ain't doin it jo more

[@coachmystogan]

France surrendered to 1 guy in Morocco ;_;

[@sejamstihm]

Don't like this guy.

[@notongmilgmil990]

Hi jack ....how to be a manber manber of a rad........ How to find them.....

[@lowwastehighmelanin]

Mmmm I don't care for this one.

[@taitsmith8521]

Uhmmm......unplug them ?

[@trolslovenski]

MATJAŽ ŠKERJANEC FROM SLOVENIA😂😂😂

[@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.

[@_kww_]

I feel it's somewhat understandable, by establishing he's part of the MI branches, he automatically became the weakest link and basically put a giant glowing target on himself, so naturally MI did whatever they could to separate him from any potential spies or other threat actors, probably more for their sake than his.