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标题：A Survey on Botnets: Incentives, Evolution, Detection and Current Trends
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作者：Simon Nam Thanh Vu ; Mads Stege ; Peter Issam El-Habr 等
期刊名称：Future Internet
电子版ISSN：1999-5903
出版年度：2021
卷号：13
期号：8
页码：198
DOI：10.3390/fi13080198
语种：English
出版社：MDPI Publishing
摘要：Botnets, groups of malware-infected hosts controlled by malicious actors, have gained prominence in an era of pervasive computing and the Internet of Things. Botnets have shown a capacity to perform substantial damage through distributed denial-of-service attacks, information theft, spam and malware propagation. In this paper, a systematic literature review on botnets is presented to the reader in order to obtain an understanding of the incentives, evolution, detection, mitigation and current trends within the field of botnet research in pervasive computing. The literature review focuses particularly on the topic of botnet detection and the proposed solutions to mitigate the threat of botnets in system security. Botnet detection and mitigation mechanisms are categorised and briefly described to allow for an easy overview of the many proposed solutions. The paper also summarises the findings to identify current challenges and trends within research to help identify improvements for further botnet mitigation research.