Hale
A modular botnet command & control monitor for tracking and researching malware networks via IRC, HTTP, and XMPP.
What is Hale?
Hale is an open-source botnet command & control monitor used to track, log, and analyze communications from malware networks. It allows cybersecurity researchers to spy on IRC and HTTP-based C&C servers, capturing logs and files for threat intelligence. The system supports a distributed network of sensors that coordinate via XMPP to avoid redundant monitoring.
Cybersecurity researchers, malware analysts, and botnet hunters who need to monitor and study command & control infrastructure. It's also suitable for organizations building internal threat intelligence platforms.
Hale offers a modular, extensible framework for monitoring multiple C&C protocols, with built-in collaboration features that allow distributed sensor networks. Unlike isolated tools, it enables coordinated research and real-time log sharing through XMPP and a web API.
Overview
Botnet command & control monitor
Use Cases
Best For
- Monitoring IRC-based botnet command & control servers
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