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DarkShell

DarkShell is a DDoS bot seemingly of Chinese origin, discovered in 2011.

DarkShell is a Windows malware family.

Background

DarkShell is a DDoS bot, apparently Chinese in origin, that was first uncovered in 2011. That same year it was reported to be directed against the industrial food processing sector.

Source: Malpedia (Fraunhofer FKIE).