Botnets

Botnets

Botnets, Zombies, and Remote Control Attacks

Overview of Botnets, Zombies, and Remote Control Attacks in relation to cyber crime: [1]Some botnets have begun to use other communications mechanisms besides IRC, including peer-to-peer (p2p) protocols that eliminate dependence upon a botnet controller at the expense of losing the ability to send commands simultaneously to all bots. Botnets have also become one of the primary tools of criminal activity used on the Internet, and botnet activity is often motivated by the desire of cybercriminals to make money. Botnets provide a technology infrastructure that, in conjunction with a creative division of labor, disperses risks faced by online criminals, allowing them to grow their operations to larger scales with minimal fear of being identified, arrested, and prosecuted.

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Notes and References

1. By James Lippard

See Also

  • Types of Cybercrime
  • Cybercriminal

Further Reading

Abad, C. (2005). The economy of phishing. First Monday, 10(9). Web page, https://firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_9/abad/index.html; Ba¬cher, P., Holz, T., Ko¬tter, M., & Wicherski, G. (2005). Know your enemy: Tracking botnets. Honeynet Project. Available at (internet link) honeynet.org/papers/bots/; Berinato, S. (2007, September). Inside the global hacking service economy. CSO, pp. 20–32. Available at (internet link) cio.com/article/135500; Dittrich, D. (2005, March). Evolution: Rise of the bots. Information Security Web page, https://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/tip/ 1,289483,sid14_gci1068914,00.html; Federal Bureau of Investigation. (2007, June 13). Over 1 million potential victims of botnet cyber crime. FBI Web page https:// (internet link) fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel07/botnet061307.htm; Grizzard, J.B., et al. (April, 2007). Peer-to-peer botnets: Overview and case study. HotBots ’07 conference paper. Available at (internet link) usenix.org/events/hotbots07/tech/full_papers/grizzard/grizzard_html; Krebs, B. (2006, March 21) Bringing botnets out of the shadows. Washingtonpost.com Web page. Available at (internet link) washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/ 03/21/AR2006032100279.html; Menezes, J. (2007, July 25)Why we’re losing the botnet battle. Network World Web page. Available at (internet link) networkworld.com/news/ 2007/072507-why-were-losing-the-botnet.html.


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