Intrusion detections for botnets on networks or web.

Running Head : INTRUSION DETECTION FOR BOTNETS

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Introduction

Botnets have been in existence for a considerable period of time a recent attack took place in Estonia , where hundreds of systems where attacked by Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS . Critical Government functions were disabled including all IP-based communications . Even the computer systems within the ministry of Finance were incapacitated . The Russians were alleged to the accountable for these attacks (FireEye 2008

Botnets are particularly harmful because they are able to steal sensitive

data about corporate resources and organizational assets Botnets are a form of cybercrime . FBI ranks cybercrime as one of its top priorities for combating terrorism and espionage . Statistics from FBI Survey reveal that some businesses have lost an estimated billion in damages due to cybercrime . This amount is associated with the costs of recovering compromised systems and lost productivity suffered by the businesses due to the attack (FireEye , 2008

Botnets first appeared in 1999 through an IRC-based backdoor . They were used to install harmful materials on computers and commit identity theft . The attacker usually employed the Internet Relay Chat (IRC protocol to command its clients . There 's an increasing need to explore the concept of botnets in detail so that appropriate strategies can be developed to inhibit their proliferation

Background Information

The Concept of Botnets

Botnets , also known as bots , are a group of computers that have been strategically compromised and are capable of causing problems like DDoS attacks...