Botnet Detection Countering the Largest Security Threat /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lee, Wenke (Editor), Wang, Cliff (Editor), Dagon, David (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2008.
• Series: Advances in Information Security, 36
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer organization.; Computer communication systems.; Computer security.; Data structures (Computer science).; Data encryption (Computer science).; Computer Science.; Systems and Data Security.; Computer Communication Networks.; Data Encryption.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).; Data Structures, Cryptology and Information Theory.; Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks.

Botnets have become the platform of choice for launching attacks and committing fraud on the Internet. A better understanding of Botnets will help to coordinate and develop new technologies to counter this serious security threat. Botnet Detection: Countering the Largest Security Threat, a contribut...

Table of Contents:

• Botnet Detection Based on Network Behavior
• Honeynet-based Botnet Scan Traffic Analysis
• Characterizing Bots’ Remote Control Behavior
• Automatically Identifying Trigger-based Behavior in Malware
• Towards Sound Detection of Virtual Machines
• Botnets and Proactive System Defense
• Detecting Botnet Membership with DNSBL Counterintelligence
• A Taxonomy of Botnet Structures.