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Capturing packets on the fly. [HIGH]<br \/>\nMy botnet is comin&#8217; together. When researchers see me they&#8217;ll cry. [FLAME]<br \/>\nI even infected Lebanon. Lit up the Middle East with my FLAME. [FLAME]<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve been around forever. They will remember my name.<\/p>\n<p>[REMEMBER, REMEMBER, REMEMBER, REMEMBER, REMEMBER, ]<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not packed up too tight (I take up 20 megabytes).<br \/>\nWith no kill date, I&#8217;ll never stop.<br \/>\nGive me your mic and I&#8217;ll take all you&#8217;ve got to give.<br \/>\nFinding me will be tough. Too much (you&#8217;ll say &#8216;enough&#8217;!)<br \/>\nI can ride your net but not break (it). Yeah, I got what it takes.<\/p>\n<p>FLAME!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been around forever. Capturing packets on the fly. [HIGH]<br \/>\nMy botnet is comin&#8217; together. When researchers see me they&#8217;ll cry. [FLAME]<br \/>\nI even infected Lebanon. Lit up the Middle East with my FLAME. [FLAME]<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve been around forever. They will remember my name.<\/p>\n<p>[REMEMBER, REMEMBER, REMEMBER, REMEMBER, REMEMBER, REMEMBER]<\/p>\n<p>FLAME!&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Sing to the tune of &#8220;Fame \u2013 Remember My name&#8221; \u2026 Here&#8217;s some YouTube background music) They&#8217;ve been lookin&#8217; at me, but they never did see\u2014 no, no trace of me did they detect; Gave me time to collect all the data at rest. 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