A Hands-on Approach on Botnets for Behavior Exploration

João Pedro Dias, José Pedro Pinto, José Magalhães Cruz

2017

Abstract

A botnet consists of a network of computers that run a special software that allows a third-party to remotely control them. This characteristic presents a major issue regarding security in the Internet. Although common malicious software infect the network with almost immediate visible consequences, there are cases where that software acts stealthy without direct visible effects on the host machine. This is the normal case of botnets. However, not always the bot software is created and used for illicit purposes. There is a need for further exploring the concepts behind botnets and network security. For this purpose, this paper presents and discusses an educational tool that consists of an open-source botnet software kit with built-in functionalities. The tool enables anyone with some computer technical knowledge, to experiment and find out how botnets work and can be changed and adapted to a variety of useful applications, such as introducing and exemplifying security and distributed systems’ concepts.

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Dias J., Pinto J. and Cruz J. (2017). A Hands-on Approach on Botnets for Behavior Exploration . In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Internet of Things, Big Data and Security - Volume 1: WICSPIT, ISBN 978-989-758-245-5, pages 463-469. DOI: 10.5220/0006392404630469


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@conference{wicspit17,
author={João Pedro Dias and José Pedro Pinto and José Magalhães Cruz},
title={A Hands-on Approach on Botnets for Behavior Exploration},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Internet of Things, Big Data and Security - Volume 1: WICSPIT,},
year={2017},
pages={463-469},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006392404630469},
isbn={978-989-758-245-5},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Internet of Things, Big Data and Security - Volume 1: WICSPIT,
TI - A Hands-on Approach on Botnets for Behavior Exploration
SN - 978-989-758-245-5
AU - Dias J.
AU - Pinto J.
AU - Cruz J.
PY - 2017
SP - 463
EP - 469
DO - 10.5220/0006392404630469