Week 8: Command, Control & Communication
How malware communicates with its operator once it is running, and what happens when that channel disappears
28 September 2027
Distributed malware still needs to be told what to do. This lecture covers the basic concepts of command-and-control, how information moves between operator and infection, and what happens when the server on the other end gets switched off.
Outline#
- malware communicating with its operator
- basic command-and-control concepts
- information exchange
- infrastructure dependencies
- what happens when the server gets switched off?
Teaching team
- Professor Ivan Sidorov — Course Convenor