The botnet problem has grown to epidemic proportions, and in this video Threatpost editor Dennis Fisher talks about the roots of the problem and how it evolved into one of the larger threats on the Web. Researchers have spotted notable code overlap between the Sunburst backdoor and a known Turla weapon. Researchers at Recorded Future report a rise in cracked Cobalt Strike and other open-source adversarial tools with easy-to-use interfaces. The Botnet problem is now a major threat on the Internet.
Source: https://threatpost.com/mafiaboy-botnets-and-you-120109/73185/