Botnets: Architectures, Countermeasures, and Challenges

This book provides solid, state-of-the-art contributions from both scientists and practitioners working on botnet detection and analysis, including botnet economics. It presents original theoretical and empirical chapters dealing with both offensive and defensive aspects in this field. Chapters address fundamental theory, current trends and techniques for evading detection, as well as practical experiences concerning detection and defensive strategies for the botnet ecosystem, and include surveys, simulations, practical results, and case studies.

Table of Contents:
Contents Preface .......................................................................................................... vii About the Editors ...........................................................................................ix Contributors...................................................................................................xi 1 Botnet Architectures: A State-of-the-Art Review.................................... 1 BASHEER AL-DUWAIR AND MOATH JARRAH 2 IoT Botnets: The Journey So Far and the Road Ahead........................ 33 PASCAL GEENENS 3 IoT Botnet Traits and Techniques: A View of the State of the Art .... 101 PASCAL GEENENS 4 Advanced Information Hiding Techniques for Modern Botnets ....... 165 LUCA CAVIGLIONE, WOJCIECH MAZURCZYK, AND STEFFEN WENDZEL 5 Steganography Techniques for Command and Control (C2) Channels.................................................................................... 189 JEDRZEJ BIENIASZ AND KRZYSZTOF SZCZYPIORSKI 6 Blockchain-Based Botnets for Command-and-Control Resilience .... 217 WEIZHI WANG AND XIAOBO MA 7 Detecting Botnets and Unknown Network Attacks in Big Traffic Data ................................................................................. 237 LUIS SACRAMENTO, IBÉRIA MEDEIROS, JOÃO BOTA, AND MIGUEL CORREIA 8 Domain Generation Algorithm Detection Techniques through Network Analysis and Machine Learning .......................................... 269 FEDERICA BISIO, SALVATORE SAELI, AND DANILO MASSA 9 Identifying IoT-Based Botnets: A Microservice Architecture for IoT Management and Security........................................................... 293 THARUN KAMMARA AND MELODY MOH 10 Understanding and Detecting Social Botnet.......................................327 YUEDE JI AND QIANG LI 11 Use of Botnets for Mining Cryptocurrencies ......................................359 RENITA MURIMI 12 Time to Diverge the Botnet Revenues from Criminal Wallet?............387 GIOVANNI BOTTAZZI, GIANLUIGI ME, PIERLUIGI PERRONE, AND GIUSEPPE GIULIO RUTIGLIANO Index............................................................................................................403