Botnet Research, Mitigation, and the Law

Presented at The Last HOPE (2008), July 18, 2008, 10 a.m. (60 minutes).

This talk will discuss current U.S. federal laws that affect botnet researchers and IT professionals defending against botnets. Existing methods of capture, analysis, and mitigation will be analyzed from a legal perspective. Likely scenarios and outcomes will be discussed in an accessible manner.

Presenters:

• Alex Muentz
  Alex Muentz would love to be a hacker public defender, but until that's a job description, he protects the rights of large corporations. He's both a computer geek and lawyer. When he's not working or geeking, he tries to spend time with his wife and motorcycle.

Links:

• https://infocon.org/cons/2600/The Last HOPE (2008)/The Last HOPE (2008) - Botnet Research, Mitigation, and the Law.mp4
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g9BNTVx-kM

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• DEF CON 18 (2010) / Resilient Botnet Command and Control with Tor
• Black Hat USA 2011 / The Rustock Botnet Takedown
• BSidesLV 2016 / An Evolving Era of Botnet Empires