1. Daniul Byrd

2. What are bots?  Software that automates tasks  Can network to share data and act in coordination

3. Deployment  “Drive-by- Downloads”  Social Engineering  Spread through network

4. Structure  Bots answer to Botmaster  Centralized Structure  Decentralized Structure

5. Uses  Spam email  Distributed Denial of Service attacks (DDoS)  Harvesting information Keyloggers Email Addresses Passwords  Click Fraud  Selling or Leasing their services

6. Detection  Can be difficult  Slow/non-responsive system or crashes  Monitor network traffic  Some will try to defend themselves

7. Prevention  Similar to avoiding other types of malware  Avoid unknown emails or attachments  Avoid questionable sites  Be aware of social engineering tactics There are bots for non-Windows platforms too!

8. Legality & Ethics  CAN-SPAM Act (2003) False header information Inclusion of sender’s valid physical address Use of other’s computers without permission Harvesting email addresses More…  Theft Financial information, ID Theft Passwords

9. How It Relates  Awareness of malicious botnets can aid in avoiding them Coworkers…  Botnets can be a powerful tool when used legally

10. References  “Botnet Sharing and Linking”. Eggheads.org. Web. Apr. 2014.  “About BotHunter”. BotHunter.net. Web. Apr. 2014  Mashevsky, Yuri. “The Bagle botnet”. SecureList. Web. Apr. 2014.  Namestnikov, Yury. “The Economics of Botnets”. SecureList. Web. Apr. 2014.  “Spam Laws: The United States CAN-SPAM Act”. SpamLaws. Web. Apr. 2014.  Liao, Qi, and Zhen Li. “Portfolio Optimization of Computer and Mobile Botnets”. International Journal of Information Security 13.1 (2014): 1-14. Academic Search Complete. Web. Apr. 2014  RODRÍGUEZ-GÓMEZ, RAFAEL A., GABRIEL MACIÁ -FERNÁNDEZ, and PEDRO GARCíA- TEODORO. "Survey And Taxonomy Of Botnet Research Through Life-Cycle." ACM Computing Surveys 45.4 (2013): 45-45:33. Academic Search Complete. Web. Apr. 2014  Davis, Lidja. “Is Your PC Part of a Botnet?”. Readwrite.com. Web. Apr 2014.