TY  - BOOK
U1  - Buch
A1  - Tiirmaa-Klaar, Heli
A1  - Gassen, Jan
A1  - Gerhards-Padilla, Elmar
A1  - Martini, Peter
T1  - Botnets
T3  - Springer Briefs in Cybersecurity
N2  - Malware poses one of the major threats to all currently operated computer systems. The scale of the problem becomes obvious by looking at the global economic loss caused by different kinds of malware, which is estimated to be more than US$ 10 billion every year. Botnets, a special kind of malware, are used to reap economic gains by criminals as well as for politically motivated activities. In contrast to other kinds of malware, botnets utilize a hidden communication channel to receive commands from their operator and communicate their current status. The ability to execute almost arbitrary commands on the infected machines makes botnets a general-purpose tool to perform malicious cyber-activities. (Verlagsangaben)
KW  - Cyber Security
KW  - Cybercrime
KW  - Analysis
KW  - Botnets
KW  - Conficker
KW  - Countermeasures
KW  - Stuxnet
KW  - Cyber Attacks
KW  - Cybercrime Legislation
KW  - Malware
SN  - 978-1-4471-5215-6
SB  - 978-1-4471-5215-6
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5216-3
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5216-3
SP  - 97
S1  - 97
PB  - Springer London
CY  - London
ER  -