Conference review: Botconf 2015

Third botnet fighting conference another big success.

Though only in its third year, Botconf has already become a regular fixture in my schedule. And thus, after having attended the conference in Nantes in 2013
and in Nancy in 2014, this year I joined more than 250 others for the three-day conference on botnets at Google France's headquarters in Paris.

The conference programme was rather full, featuring 29 presentations (including three keynotes) and a session of lightning talks all in a single stream. However, the tasty food during breaks, as well as the mix of shorter and longer
talks, helped attendees stay focused.

Perhaps the most newsworthy talk of the conference was that on Ponmocup by Fox-IT researchers Maarten van Dantzig and Yonathan Klijnsma. I know of this malware mainly through previous Botconf presentations by Tom
Ueltschi, as well as for its infamous decoy behaviour, which James Wyke discussed in his VB2014 presentation, but Maarten and Yonathan provided many more details on this intriguing
threat.

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