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Design of a hybrid command and control mobile botnet

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dc.contributor.author Pieterse, Heloise
dc.contributor.author Olivier, M
dc.date.accessioned 2014-05-06T12:32:40Z
dc.date.available 2014-05-06T12:32:40Z
dc.date.issued 2013-05
dc.identifier.citation Pieterse, H and Olivier, M. 2013. Design of a hybrid command and control mobile botnet. Journal of Information Warfare, vol. 12(1), pp 70-82 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1445-3347
dc.identifier.uri http://www.jinfowar.com/design-of-a-hybrid-command-and-control-mobile-botnet/
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7385
dc.description Copyright: 2013 The Journal of Information Warfare. This is an ABSTRACT ONLY. The definitive version is published in Journal of Information Warfare, vol. 12(1), pp 70-82 en_US
dc.description.abstract The increasing popularity and improvement in capabilities offered by smartphones caught the attention of botnet developers. Now the threat of botnets is moving towards the mobile environment. This study presents the design of a hybrid command and control mobile botnet. The hybrid design explores the efficiency of multiple command and control channels against the following objectives: no single point of failure within the topology, low cost for command dissemination, limited network activities and low battery consumption. The objectives are measured with a prototype that is deployed on a small collection of Android-based smartphones. The results indicate that current mobile technology exhibits all the capabilities needed to create a mobile botnet. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher The Journal of Information Warfare en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Workflow;12460
dc.subject Mobile botnet en_US
dc.subject Smartphones en_US
dc.subject Hybrid commands en_US
dc.title Design of a hybrid command and control mobile botnet en_US
dc.type Article en_US
dc.identifier.apacitation Pieterse, H., & Olivier, M. (2013). Design of a hybrid command and control mobile botnet. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7385 en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation Pieterse, Heloise, and M Olivier "Design of a hybrid command and control mobile botnet." (2013) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7385 en_ZA
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation Pieterse H, Olivier M. Design of a hybrid command and control mobile botnet. 2013; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7385. en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Article AU - Pieterse, Heloise AU - Olivier, M AB - The increasing popularity and improvement in capabilities offered by smartphones caught the attention of botnet developers. Now the threat of botnets is moving towards the mobile environment. This study presents the design of a hybrid command and control mobile botnet. The hybrid design explores the efficiency of multiple command and control channels against the following objectives: no single point of failure within the topology, low cost for command dissemination, limited network activities and low battery consumption. The objectives are measured with a prototype that is deployed on a small collection of Android-based smartphones. The results indicate that current mobile technology exhibits all the capabilities needed to create a mobile botnet. DA - 2013-05 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Mobile botnet KW - Smartphones KW - Hybrid commands LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2013 SM - 1445-3347 T1 - Design of a hybrid command and control mobile botnet TI - Design of a hybrid command and control mobile botnet UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7385 ER - en_ZA


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