摘要: Botnets represent a major and formidable threat in modern computing, security researchers are engaged constant escalating battle with the writers of such malware to detect mitigate it. Current advanced behaviors include encryption communications between botmaster bot machines as well various strategies for resilience obfuscation. These techniques have taken full advantage infrastructure place support increased connectivity computers around world. This includes updates upgrades DNS that been leveraged meet its utilization. In this paper, we analyze current uses by botnet operators examine possible clues network administrators savvy computer users can utilize identify or threat.