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Combining ChatGPT to Monitor the Ecosystem of DDoS Botnets on Telegram Botconf 2025 Thursday2025-05-22 | 15:50 – 16:30 Daji Ren 🗣 DDoS botnet attackers have consistently been in the spotlight of cyber threats, generating significant headlines over the past year. Telegram’s lenient content regulation has facilitated the growth of numerous related criminal groups. Meanwhile, the […]

The Evolution of Malware Distribution Through Ghost Networks Botconf 2025 Thursday2025-05-22 | 16:30 – 17:00 Antonis Terefos 🗣 A new era of malware distribution is here, where “ghost”/bot accounts spread malicious links across multiple platforms. The Ghost Network is a sophisticated operation using fake and compromised accounts to act in a legitimate way while spreading

Unpacking WIZARD SPIDER’s Crypters: Attribution Challenges in a Tangled Web of Adversaries Botconf 2025 Thursday2025-05-22 | 14:40 – 15:20 Bea Venzon 🗣 | Suweera De Souza 🗣 In the era of law enforcement crackdowns, cybercriminals continue to find ways to adapt, persist and confuse. This is the case with WIZARD SPIDER—a Russian-based cybercrime group known for operating