Book Details:
Publisher: | Syngress |
Series: |
Springer
|
Author: | David Harley |
Edition: | 1 |
ISBN-10: | 1597491357 |
ISBN-13: | 9781597491358 |
Pages: | 480 |
Published: | Jan 31 2007 |
Posted: | Nov 19 2014 |
Language: | English |
Book format: | PDF |
Book size: | 6.98 MB |
Book Description:
The book begins with real world cases of botnet attacks to underscore the need for action. Next the book will explain botnet fundamentals using real world examples. These chapters will cover what they are, how they operate, and the environment and technology that makes them possible. The following chapters will analyze botnets for opportunities to detect, track, and remove them. Then the book will describe intelligence gathering efforts and results obtained to date. Public domain tools like OurMon, developed by Jim Binkley of Portland State University, will be described in detail along with discussions of other tools and resources that are useful in the fight against Botnets. * This is the first book to explain the newest internet threat - Botnets, zombie armies, bot herders, what is being done, and what you can do to protect your enterprise* Botnets are the most complicated and difficult threat the hacker world has unleashed - read how to protect yourself
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.Botnets provides a comprehensive analysis of the topic...
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