Course Title: Learn, Build, Deploy, and Dismantle C2/Botnets

Course Goal:

- Understand at a level where you can teach the basics of this content to someone else.
- Try and Fail the Labs as many times as it takes. Only look at solution

Course Summary:

• This comprehensive 10-hour course offers an in-depth exploration into the creation, deployment, and dismantling of botnets and Command and Control (C2) infrastructures.

• Interactive sessions, real-world case studies, and hands-on labs will equip learners with the knowledge and skills to understand and combat one of the most pervasive threats in the cybersecurity landscape.

• Whether you’re a budding cybersecurity enthusiast or a seasoned professional looking to deepen your expertise, this course provides valuable insights into the complex world of botnets.

Section 1:

• Review of Python Basics
• How Python Sockets work
• Coding Python Sockets
• 11 total python Labs
• 2 CTF Style Labs

Session 2:

• Review Command and Control network topologies.
• How to host one on AWS
• Commands and controls to build via Python.

Session 3:

• Deploying C2 Infrastructure on AWS
• Setting up networking to allow flow of traffic.
• Bonus: Deploy C2 infrastructure with redundancy

Final Session:

• How to detect C2 from Malware
• How to block C2 on local networks
• How Governments and Big Tech companies take down Global C2 networks.

Build it!

• Server Environment: AWS EC2, Security Groups, Github pipeline, etc
• C2 Channel How the client and server will communicate. ex : Python Socket Tunnel, SMTP, or DNS. g
• Botnet Features: All features the botnet should have, ex: Keylogger, Remote Shell