TL-BOTS/README.md

TL-BOTS

Welcome to the TL-BOTS repo. This collection contains source files, tools, and other components of a vast array of botnet families. The families covered here range from 2014/2015 to the present day.

Files in this collection have been gathered via distributed trawling of the internet, and deduplicated where applicable.

Disclaimer

The files contained in this repo are for research purposes only. They are provided as-is and have no guarantee of functionality.

What is a botnet?

A botnet is a network of infected devices that contact a Command and Control Server (C2) to receive instructions for attacks. Botnets are used for many different purposes, including DDoS, fraud, and loading/spreading other malware.

Mitigations

Mitigations vary from system to system, but the core security principles apply to each of them. Regular patching, network segmentation, and proper device configuration are crucial to maintaining the security of devices.

Navigating the Repo

The repo is divided into several folders, containing specific categories of activity.

Zip files may have the same or similar names, so each filename contains an identifier based on the first 6 characters of the SHA1 hash of the file. The formula is:

FILENAME.SHA1.EXTENSION

Non Zip files may contain this naming pattern as well.

Collection Highlights

Nearly every version of Mirai and QBot since the beginning of both of these malware families is contained in this repo. For more information about the origin of these malware families, check out HISTORY.md

Researching This Collection

This collection contains a vast number of botnets that have come and gone, and others that are still around in some form. While the bots themselves are steadily evolving, the core of many of them rely on exploiting whatever low hanging fruit is available at the time. A more detailed analysis of this collection, and resources to research further, is located in RESEARCH.md

Contributing

Contributions to this repo are welcome. Simply fork this repo, open a pull request and consult with the repo maintainers about it.

Guidelines

• Please submit larger files (> 5 MB) as a zip file in order to make cloning this a reasonable exercise.
• Please try and follow our naming convention for zip files in order to deduplicate and identify hashes.

Files are subject to rejection if they do not meet our guidelines.

We will NOT accept the following

• Combolists
• Database dumps
• Any credentials for active sites or devices, user, admin or otherwise

Special Thanks

Special thanks goes to GreyNoise.io, who has catalogued nearly every exploit used in this collection. More information on using their tools to further research these botnets is located in RESEARCH.md