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( IRC-based, HTTP-based, and P2P botnets including The results show that it can detect real-world botnets Have implemented our BotMiner prototype system and evaluated it using many real network traces. These hosts are thus bots in the monitored network. Performs cross cluster correlation to identify the hosts that shareīoth similar communication patterns and similar malicious activity Similar communication traffic and similar malicious traffic, and Accordingly, our detection framework clusters Servers/peers, perform malicious activities, and do so in a similar Properties of a botnet are that the bots communicate with some C&C We define a botnet as aĬoordinated group of malware instances that areĬontrolled via C&C communication channels. Knowledge of botnets (such as captured bot binaries and hence the botnet signatures, and C&C server names/addresses).Įssential properties of botnets. We present a general detection framework that is independent ofīotnet C&C protocol and structure, and requires no a priori Ineffective as botnets change their C&C techniques. IRC) and structures (e.g., centralized), and can become On specific botnet command and control (C&C) protocols (e.g., Most of the current botnet detection approaches work only Spam, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS), identity theft, and Botnets are now the key platform for many Internet attacks, such as
