Title :
Botnet Detection Based on Analysis of Mail Flow
Author :
Wang, Chun-dong ; Li, Ting ; Wang, Huai-bin
Author_Institution :
Tianjin Key Lab. of Intell. Comput. & Novel Software Technol., Tianjin Univ. of Technol., Tianjin, China
Abstract :
With the development of network application technology, there are tremendous viruses and Trojans, especially botnet which has a great harm. It causes a large number of DDoS attacks and spread of spams. And some usual detection ways have their disadvantages. This paper proposes a method to detect zombie hosts based on analysis of initial parameters of the hosts sending mails.
Keywords :
computer viruses; unsolicited e-mail; DDoS attacks; Trojans; botnet detection; mail flow analysis; spams; zombie hosts; Computer crime; Computer viruses; Educational technology; Electronic mail; Information filtering; Information filters; Network servers; Postal services; Protocols; Telecommunication traffic;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Engineering and Informatics, 2009. BMEI '09. 2nd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tianjin
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4132-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4134-1
DOI :
10.1109/BMEI.2009.5305615
