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Botnets

Botnets

Paperback

Series: Springerbriefs in Cybersecurity

General ComputersComputer Security

ISBN10: 1447152158
ISBN13: 9781447152156
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Jul 10 2013
Pages: 97
Weight: 0.36
Height: 0.22 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

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, are used to reap economic gains by criminals as well as for politically motivated activities. In contrast to other kinds of malware, botnets utilize a hidden communication channel to receive commands from their operator and communicate their current status. The ability to execute almost arbitrary commands on the infected machines makes botnets a general-purpose tool to perform malicious cyber-activities.

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