An Analysis of Botnet Vulnerabilities

Abstract

Botnets are a significant threat to computer networks and data stored on networked computers. The ability to inhibit communication between servers controlling the botnet and individual hosts would be an effective countermeasure. The objective of this research was to find vulnerabilities in Unreal IRCd that could be used to shut down the server. Analysis revealed that Unreal IRCd is a very mature and stable IRC server and no significant vulnerabilities were found. While this research does not eliminate the possibility that a critical vulnerability is present in the Unreal IRCd software, none were identified during this effort.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA494606

Entities

People

  • Sean W. Hudson

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Anti-Virus Software
  • Application Protocols
  • Command And Control
  • Communication Channels
  • Computer Networks
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Electronic Mail
  • Intrusion Detection
  • Intrusion Detectors
  • Networks
  • Operating Systems
  • Software Agents

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.