Title

An Advanced Hybrid Peer-To-Peer Botnet

Abstract

A “botnet” consists of a network of compromised computers controlled by an attacker (“botmaster”). Recently botnets have become the root cause of many Internet attacks. To be well prepared for future attacks, it is not enough to study how to detect and defend against the botnets that have appeared in the past. More importantly, we should study advanced botnet designs that could be developed by botmasters in the near future. In this paper, we present the design of an advanced hybrid peer-to-peer botnet. Compared with current botnets, the proposed botnet is harder to be shut down, monitored, and hijacked. It provides robust network connectivity, individualized encryption and control traffic dispersion, limited botnet exposure by each bot, and easy monitoring and recovery by its botmaster. Possible defenses against this advanced botnet are suggested.

Publication Date

1-1-2007

Publication Title

1st Workshop on Hot Topics in Understanding Botnets, HotBots 2007

Number of Pages

-

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

Socpus ID

41949089847 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/41949089847

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