Detection of Botnet Command and Control Traffic by the Multistage Trust Evaluation of Destination Identifiers

Network-based detection of botnet Command and Control communication is a difficult task if the traffic has a relatively low volume and if popular protocols, such as HTTP, are used to resemble normal traffic. We present a new network-based detection approach that is capable of detecting this type of...

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Main Authors: Pieter Burghouwt, Marcel E.M. Spruit, Henk J. Sips
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Alliance for Innovation (EAI) 2015-10-01
Series:EAI Endorsed Transactions on Security and Safety
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Online Access:http://eudl.eu/doi/10.4108/eai.5-10-2015.150476