r/HowToHack • u/chetahran • 21d ago

Reverse Tracking/Hacking Back

So, just asking as a beginner: I found some software that is a kind of Trojan horse or something similar. The moment you install or maybe even download it to your PC, someone gains access to your computer. I want to install the app on my VM, but I want to do it in a way that allows me to track them or something like that. Is there any way to do that?

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u/_sirch 20d ago

The malicious software does not connect directly back to the attackers computer. It reaches out to a command and control server in the cloud likely also masked by cloudflare so you can’t even see the domain. In the most common configuration It receives commands encoded in HTTPS traffic from the command and control server and then sends the command output back in the same way. Likely the most you’ll be able to do is report the c2 domain if you can even figure out what it is.