Tracking Botnets |
Botnets are not only a threat for companies under the pressure of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, but also at the origin of massive information theft, targeting the banking credentials of home-users. It is widely accepted that nowadays, botnets are the most challenging threat available on the Web. This paper is an attempt to study the feasibility of a tracking system which would shut botnets down in an automated fashion. The study is realized with a review of botnets monitoring techniques as well as a trend analysis in bots specifications. The results show that it is not realistic to imagine such automated "botnet-killer" system. Instead, an end-point defense strategy should be applied, putting the accent on educating people and improving the usability of security products.
Freydefont M, Papadaki M