[Bloodfold3]

I havent owned a botnet since '09 and was interested in starting back up. Are IRC botnets still popular or is everyone using php/http bots now?
May also just take the lazy road and upload a few scripts into a VPS if i could find a spoofed server that allows DDOSing.

[lsp]

Going by the http://cybercrime-tracker.net/ list, pony is mega popular right now. Zeus variants are still in regular use. IoT botnets are popular for ddos, (most botnets seem to have ddos features) but you can achieve good results with a few different amplification type attacks.

[Blink]

Everyone seems to have moved away from IRC.

The one that seems to have blown up recently is Mirai, it's an IoT botnet.

There's always some variant of Zeus going around, but they're pretty old, I would say to go the IoT route.

Then there's qBot... It's also IoT, but it's being killed by Mirai.

[Josip]

Mirai sounds sick according to webs related to security. Where to find one?

[Blink]

Mirai sounds sick according to webs related to security. Where to find one?

Google.

[back00null]

here you find last leak code of botnet:
https://github.com/fdiskyou/malware
https://github.com/ytisf/theZoo

[Josip]

Thank you both! I'll do my best to build one from sources.

[Pirate]

If you have an internet connection you are apart of a botnet
but i ain't no conspiracy theorist

[XLII]

You could always use betabot 1.8 but hey.

[DespiseTheWeak]

You have a few options, There are some cracked ones floating around such as BetaBot 1.8.0.11 & Zyklon HTTP 1.3.0.1, also Gaudox HTTP Bot 1.1.0.1 is another good one thats out there.
You can also look into some Paid ones such as Medusa HTTP or Loki 1.8..
If you have any questions feel free to shoot me a pm, ill help if I can