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Everything about Botnet

Collection of compromised internet-connected devices controlled by a third party

A botnet is a group of Internet-connected devices, each of which runs one or more bots. Botnets can be used to perform distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, steal data, send spam, and allow the attacker to access the device and its connection. The owner can control the botnet using command and control (C&C) software. The word "botnet" is a portmanteau of the words "robot" and "network". The term is usually used with a negative or malicious connotation. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: BotnetA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Imbalanced tabular data modelization using CTGAN and machine learning to improve IoT Botnet attacks detectionInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: BotnetsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Towards the development of realistic botnet dataset in the Internet of Things for network forensic analytics: Bot-IoT datasetCited 1,859 times
  5. Go sideways: United States v. AnchetaA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: Dorkbot (malware)A closely related topic

📖 Definitions

Noun A collection of compromised computers that is gradually built up and then unleashed as a DDOS attack or used to send very large quantities of spam.

Noun (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) spyware

🗂️ The subject at a glance

  1. Overview
  2. Architecture
  3. Core components
  4. Command and control
  5. Construction
  6. Common uses
  7. Smartphones
  8. Residential proxy
  9. Market
  10. Phishing
  11. Countermeasures
  12. Historical list of botnets

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

🆕 Influential since 2022

📚 Books worth reading

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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