NDLI: Socellbot: A new botnet design to infect smartphones via online social networking

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Faghani, M.R. Uyen Trang Nguyen
Copyright Year	2012
Description	Author affiliation: Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., York Univ., Toronto, ON, Canada (Faghani, M.R.; Uyen Trang Nguyen)
Abstract	Given the popularity of both smartphones and online social networking, it is only a matter of time before attackers exploit both to launch new types of attacks. In this paper, we propose a new cellular botnet named SoCellBot that exploits online social networks (OSNs) to recruit bots and uses OSN messaging systems as communication channels between bots. Our proposed botnet is the first that uses the OSN platform as a means to control cellular bots. The structure and characteristics of OSNs make this botnet harder to detect, more resilient to bot failures and more cost-effective to cellular bots. Our objective is to raise awareness of new mobile botnets that exploit OSNs to recruit bots so that preventive measures can be implemented to deter this kind of attack in the future. We also analyze the behaviors of the proposed botnet via simulation to offer a better understanding of this new type of botnet.
Sponsorship	IEEE Montreal Sect.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	5
File Size	567012
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781467314312
ISSN	08407789
e-ISBN	9781467314336
e-ISBN	9781467314329
DOI	10.1109/CCECE.2012.6334962
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2012-04-29
Publisher Place	Canada
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Malware Smart phones Social network services Mobile communication Command and control systems Topology Simulation online social networking Network security mobile botnet cellular botnet malware
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Electrical and Electronic Engineering Hardware and Architecture

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