Using Bitmessage for C&C purposes disclaimer: I do not support bot networks in any way and I hope for all botmasters to die ;) Now about my idea: A few days ago, I wrote a blogpost[0] about Bitmessage[1], a p2p network to write email-like messages (I won't write more about it, please read my blogpost or the website). So my idea for a c&c server is to generate a Bitmessage address for all bots to connect to. If a bot gets activated on a PC, it also generates an address for the victim and wirtes a message to the c&c address. The c&c server now has the address of the victim and can send messages to the bot so all commands can be send via Bitmessage mail. You can also connect to the Bitmessage network via Tor, so theoretically you could host the c&c server at home and also it is impossible, to block or kick the c&c server and neither blocking IP adresses or domain names would stop the bot from connecting home. [0] http://r3s1stanc3.virii.lu/bitmessage/ [1] https://bitmessage.org/wiki/Main_Page R3s1stanc3 [vxnetw0rk] r3s1stanc3@riseup.net r3s1stanc3.virii.lu May, 2013