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A collection of botnet source codes, unorganized, for educational purposes

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186 pointsadamnemecek18 comments

When looking for malware and especially virus source codes for research purposes, you shouldn't miss the (sadly offline) VXHeaven library [0] and any ezines of VX groups [1].

[0]: http://83.133.184.251/virensimulation.org/src.html [1]: http://spth.virii.lu/ezines.htm

VXHeaven was a great site. Didn't know it was offline. Any idea what happened?

Edit: Apparently raided by police.

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/03/28/vx-heavens-virus...

The site was back online again for a few years after the raid. The second time it went offline was due to lack of activity I guess.

Would be great to bring it back online even if it was a read only backup...

It has also been archived to Github:

https://github.com/opsxcq/mirror-vxheaven.org

reading VX zines was how I learned 666 = 0x29A

Loved how the first 0x2a ezines were COM files with fancy hidden menus.

> "For educational purposes only"

Hahahaha...

"Yeah, yeah, I agree to the Terms of Service."

I mean, that's the standard cya on various hacking forums since forever :)

This is awesome. Thanks for sharing.

Can you add Mirai as well?

>For educational purposes (x) doubt

The word is"code".

thanx this is handy to leave laying around somewhere

I'm not saying this is illegal to spread, but I'm pretty sure having this kind of technology is at the very least questionable in some jurisdictions.

That's a sad state of affair for those jurisdictions.

Unfortunately one of these jurisdictions is America. Publishing detailed models for a hundred-year-old firearm can earn you threatening letters from the State Department. Many people in power today have little respect for truth and liberty. I imagine they'd control who has access to physics textbooks if it weren't still facially absurd to the public.

Information wants to be free, yo.

I have never been downvoted on HN in my ten years on this site, amazing.

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