Hail Mary Cloud Hail Mary Cloud The Hail Mary Cloud was, or is, a botnet which used a statistical equivalent to brute force password guessing. The botnet ran from possibly as early as 2005, and certainly from 2008 until 2012 and possibly later. The botnet was named and documented by Peter N. M. Hansteen. The principle is that a botnet can try several thousands of more likely passwords against thousands of hosts, rather than millions of passwords against one host. Because the attack is distributed, the frequency on a given server is low, and unlikely to trigger alarms. Moreover, the attacks will come
Hail, Hail Red, Yellow", of which an alternate version can also be found on the compilation album, "Lost Dogs" (2003). "Black, Red, Yellow" is an homage to basketball player Dennis Rodman, who has a cameo in the track. The song peaked at number nine on the "Billboard" Mainstream Rock Tracks and "Billboard" Modern Rock Tracks charts. It appeared on "Billboard" magazine's Hot 100 Airplay chart, reaching the top 70. In Canada, "Hail, Hail" charted on the Alternative Top 30 chart where it peaked at number two. "Hail, Hail" also reached number 24 on the Canadian Year End Alternative Top 50. "Hail, Hail"