Phatbot, Agobot, and XtremBot all belong to the same botnet family. a. Pick one of these variants and discuss its command and control structure. b. These botnets are open source projects that are...

Phatbot, Agobot, and XtremBot all belong to the same botnet family.

a. Pick one of these variants and discuss its command and control structure.

b. These botnets are open source projects that are distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). This is highly unusual for malware—most malware writers are arrested and jailed if they are caught. Why do you suppose that the authors of these botnets are not punished?