Jack identifies Severa as the person who started the Waledac botnet.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 110 Details
“The Waledac botnet was started by a guy named Severa.”
Malware
malware:waledac
Peer-to-peer, layered spam botnet associated with Severa and targeted by Microsoft’s Operation b49.
Peer-to-peer, layered spam botnet associated with Severa and targeted by Microsoft’s Operation b49.
“The Waledac botnet was started by a guy named Severa.”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | DEVELOPED_BY | Severa | Explicit | 110 |
| outgoing | USES | SMTP | Explicit | 110 |
| outgoing | DISCOVERED_BY | Joan Calvet | Explicit | 110 |
| outgoing | DISCOVERED_BY | Carlton Davis | Explicit | 110 |
| outgoing | DISCOVERED_BY | Pierre-Marc Bureau | Explicit | 110 |
| incoming | INVOLVES | Operation b49 | Explicit | 110 |
Jack identifies Severa as the person who started the Waledac botnet.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 110 Details
“The Waledac botnet was started by a guy named Severa.”
Waledac contained an SMTP engine capable of communicating with an SMTP server and sending email.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 110 Details
“In the core binaries of the malware was an SMTP engine which could communicate with an SMTP server and send e-mails.”
Waledac DISCOVERED_BY Joan Calvet
Joan Calvet was among the researchers who obtained Waledac binaries and reverse-engineered them.
Explicit Confidence 97% · Jack Rhysider EP 110 Details
“Joan Calvet and Carlton Davis, and Pierre-Marc Bureau who was from US internet security company ESET, well, they got ahold of these binaries from Waledac and started reverse-engineering them.”
Waledac DISCOVERED_BY Carlton Davis
Carlton Davis was among the researchers who obtained Waledac binaries and reverse-engineered them.
Explicit Confidence 97% · Jack Rhysider EP 110 Details
“Joan Calvet and Carlton Davis, and Pierre-Marc Bureau who was from US internet security company ESET, well, they got ahold of these binaries from Waledac and started reverse-engineering them.”
Waledac DISCOVERED_BY Pierre-Marc Bureau
Pierre-Marc Bureau was among the researchers who obtained Waledac binaries and reverse-engineered them.
Explicit Confidence 97% · Jack Rhysider EP 110 Details
“Joan Calvet and Carlton Davis, and Pierre-Marc Bureau who was from US internet security company ESET, well, they got ahold of these binaries from Waledac and started reverse-engineering them.”
Operation b49 INVOLVES Waledac
Operation b49 was the coordinated effort to take down the Waledac botnet.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 110 Details
“Together, they would try to take down this Waledac botnet, and they codenamed this Operation b49.”