Black Market Botnets
| dc.contributor.author | Friess, Nathan | eng |
| dc.contributor.author | Aycock, John | eng |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2008-02-26T20:22:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2008-02-26T20:22:24Z | |
| dc.date.computerscience | 2007-07-24 | eng |
| dc.date.issued | 2007-07-24 | eng |
| dc.description.abstract | Botnets have yet to be exploited to their full potential, because they have yet to take advantage of all the information available to them. The zombie computers that comprise a botnet have access to the private documents of the people that use the computers. A botmaster who controls the botnet can harvest the documents and sell them to third parties, creating a viable if illegal online business. We outline motivations for such a business model, as well as the mechanics of a possible implementation. We then present a variety of defenses against this scenario. | eng |
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| dc.identifier.department | 2007-873-25 | eng |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/30286 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1880/45380 | |
| dc.language.iso | Eng | eng |
| dc.publisher.corporate | University of Calgary | eng |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Science | eng |
| dc.subject | Computer Science | eng |
| dc.title | Black Market Botnets | eng |
| dc.type | unknown | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Computer Science | eng |
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