Skynet

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Skynet
Alias
Group	Banking
Parent	ZeuS, MIRC
Sibling
Family	ZeuS (family)
Relations	Variants: Sibling of: Parent of: Distribution of: Campaigns:
Target
Origin
Distribution vector
UserAgent
CCProtocol	Tor (Distributed-centralized), IRC (Centralized)
Activity	2012 / 2013
Status
Language
Programming language
Operation/Working group

Features

• Bitcoin mining

• Banking credential theft

Publications

	Author	Editor	Year
Botnet command server hidden in Tor	TS	GData	2012
Infamous Skynet botnet author allegedly arrested	MalwareTech	MalwareTech	2013
Skynet, a Tor-powered botnet straight from Reddit	Claudio Guarnieri Mark Schloesser	Rapid7	2012