Botnets

• Main Authors: Tiirmaa-Klaar, Heli (Author), Gassen, Jan (Author), Gerhards-Padilla, Elmar (Author), Martini, Peter (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Cybersecurity,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer organization.; Computer communication systems.; Computer security.; Computers.; Computer Science.; Systems and Data Security.; Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks.; Computer Communication Networks.; Information Systems and Communication Service.

Malware poses one of the major threats to all currently operated computer systems. The scale of the problem becomes obvious by looking at the global economic loss caused by different kinds of malware, which is estimated to be more than US$ 10 billion every year. Botnets, a special kind of malware, a...