Botnet: Survey and Case Study

Li, Chao; Jiang, Wei; Zou, Xin

doi:10.1109/icicic.2009.127

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“…After that, these bots were used to launch Denial of Service (DoS) and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. In April 1998, the GT-BOT [13] [124][125] was the first malicious Bot to be released.…”

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“…Although the subject of botnet and botnet detection has gained a lot of attention and thus, there are several surveys on botnets [12][13][14] [20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31] in the literature but all of them cover the botnet problem in general, discussing different aspects like botnet phenomenon, botnet detection techniques and countermeasures. Also what was missing in these surveys is that all of these studies review only a few of all the research efforts intended only for detecting Email spamming botnets.…”

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A Comprehensive Study of Email Spam Botnet Detection

Khan

Muhaya

et al. 2015

IEEE Commun. Surv. Tutorials

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The problem of Email spam has grown significantly over the past few years. It is not just a nuisance for users but also it is damaging for those who fall for scams and other attacks. This is due to the complexity intensification of Email spamming techniques which are advancing from traditional spamming (direct spamming) techniques to a more scalable, elusive and indirect approach of botnets for distributing Email spam messages. In this paper we first discuss the sources and architectures used by the spamming botnets for sending massive amount of email spam. Then we present detailed chronicles of spamming botnets which systematically describes the timeline of events and notable occurrences in the advancement of these spamming botnets. This paper also aims to represent a comprehensive analysis of particular Email spamming botnet detection techniques proposed in the literature. We attempt to categorize them according to both their nature of defense and method of detection, also revealing and comparing their advantages and disadvantages extensively. We also present a qualitative analysis of these techniques. Finally we summarize the future trends and challenges in detecting email spamming botnets.

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A Comprehensive Study of Email Spam Botnet Detection

Khan

Muhaya

et al. 2015

IEEE Commun. Surv. Tutorials

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“…For instance, the Phatbot botnet adopts a P2P based communication system that makes use of the WASTE protocol [21] and connects the agents using a Gnutella caching server [22].…”

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Mobile Botnets Development: Issues and Solutions

Farina¹,

Cambiaso²,

Papaleo³

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IJFCC

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Abstract-Due to their limited capabilities, mobile devices have rarely been adopted as attack vectors. In this paper, we consider the execution of coordinated and distributed attacks perpetrated by mobile devices (mobile botnet). We first describe current botnets architectures, analyzing their strengths and weaknesses. Then, we identify problems deriving from the development of a mobile botnet. Appropriate solutions to such problems have been proposed, thus providing an important resource during design and development stages of a mobile botnet. ⎯ Index Terms-Distributed attacks, network attacks, network security, system architecture, smartphones, denial of service.

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“…Request permissions from Permissions@acm.org. CISR ' During two decades since the first botnet Eggdrop [10] in 1993, many botnets have been created, such as GTbot (2000), Zeus (2007), Torpig (2008), etc. There are active countermeasures against botnet infestations.…”

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Analysis of Botnet Counter-Counter-Measures

Husain

Brooks

2015

Proceedings of the 10th Annual Cyber and Information Security Research Conference

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Botnets evolve quickly to outwit police and security researchers. Since they first appeared in 1993, there have been significant botnet countermeasures. Unfortunately, countermeasures, especially takedown operations, are not particularly effective. They destroy research honeypots and stimulate botmasters to find creative ways to hide. Botnet reactions to countermeasures are more effective than countermeasures. Also, botnets are no longer confined to PCs. Android and iOS platforms are increasingly attractive targets. This paper focuses on recent countermeasures against botnets and counter-countermeasures of botmasters. We look at side effects of botnet takedowns as insight into botnet countermeasures. Then, botnet counter-countermeasures against twofactor-authentication (2FA) are discussed in Android and iOS platform. Representative botnet-in-the-mobile (BITM) implementations against 2FA are compared, and a theoretical iOS-based botnet against 2FA is described. Botnet counter-countermeasures against keyloggers are discussed. More attention needs to be paid to botnet issues.

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Botnet: Survey and Case Study

Cited by 57 publications

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A Comprehensive Study of Email Spam Botnet Detection

A Comprehensive Study of Email Spam Botnet Detection

Mobile Botnets Development: Issues and Solutions

Analysis of Botnet Counter-Counter-Measures

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