Controlling Botnets with the Next-Generation Firewall

Peer-to-Peer Botnets: The Next Generation of Botnet Attacks

“Botnet” is a network of computers that are compromised and controlled by an attacker. Botnets are one of the most serious threats to today’s Internet. Most current botnets have centralized command and control (C&C) architecture. However, peer-to-peer (P2P) structured botnets have gradually emerged as a new advanced form of botnets. Without C&C servers, P2P botnets are more resilient to defense...

The Next Generation Botnet Attacks And Defenses

A “botnet” is a network of compromised computers (bots) that are controlled by an attacker (botmasters). Botnets are one of the most serious threats to today’s Internet; they are the root cause of many current Internet attacks, such as email spam, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks , click fraud, etc. There have been many researches on how to detect, monitor, and defend against botnet...

On Detection of Current and Next-Generation Botnets

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Application-layer security: Enabling the next generation of security services with application switching

Learn About Firewall Evolution from Packet Filter to Next Generation