Tools, Techniques & Analysis of Botnet

Abstract

The term botnet stands for robot in the internet environment. The botnet operates in collection of computers by performing malicious activity. It is basically installed in the computer by tricking the users to download of unauthorised software from the internet to steal user data and performing distributed denial of services. Different techniques has been adopted to prevent these botnets from executing and defend them using security techniques like firewall, antivirus etc. But today botnet creators are one step forward towards the security techniques adopted. This paper focuses on basis study of botnets and various detection techniques to identify the botnets.