Botnets have become the platform of choice for launching attacks and committing fraud on the Internet. A better understanding of Botnets will help to coordinate and develop new technologies to counter this serious security threat. Botnet Detection: Countering the Largest Security Threat consists of chapters contributed by world-class leaders in this field, from the June 2006 ARO workshop on Botnets. This edited volume represents the state-of-the-art in research on Botnets.

Preface.- Botnet Detection Based on Network Behavior.- Honeynet-based Botnet Scan Traffic Analysis.- Characterizing Bots¿ Remote Control Behavior.- Automatically Identifying Trigger-based Behavior in Malware.- Towards Sound Detection of Virtual Machines.- Botnets and Proactive System Defense.- Detecting Botnet Membership with DNSBL Counterintelligence.- A Taxonomy of Botnet Structures.- Index.