Chord: A scalable peer-to-peer lookup service for internet applications
Proceedings of the 2001 conference on Applications, technologies, architectures, and protocols for computer communications
Kademlia: A Peer-to-Peer Information System Based on the XOR Metric
IPTPS '01 Revised Papers from the First International Workshop on Peer-to-Peer Systems
Making gnutella-like P2P systems scalable
Proceedings of the 2003 conference on Applications, technologies, architectures, and protocols for computer communications
Exploiting open functionality in SMS-capable cellular networks
Proceedings of the 12th ACM conference on Computer and communications security
An advanced hybrid peer-to-peer botnet
HotBots'07 Proceedings of the first conference on First Workshop on Hot Topics in Understanding Botnets
Overbot: a botnet protocol based on Kademlia
Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Security and privacy in communication netowrks
Structured Peer-to-Peer Overlay Networks: Ideal Botnets Command and Control Infrastructures?
ESORICS '08 Proceedings of the 13th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security: Computer Security
A Systematic Study on Peer-to-Peer Botnets
ICCCN '09 Proceedings of the 2009 Proceedings of 18th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks
On cellular botnets: measuring the impact of malicious devices on a cellular network core
Proceedings of the 16th ACM conference on Computer and communications security
On lightweight mobile phone application certification
Proceedings of the 16th ACM conference on Computer and communications security
SMS-Watchdog: Profiling Social Behaviors of SMS Users for Anomaly Detection
RAID '09 Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Intrusion Detection
Evaluating Bluetooth as a medium for botnet command and control
DIMVA'10 Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Detection of intrusions and malware, and vulnerability assessment
Take a deep breath: a stealthy, resilient and cost-effective botnet using skype
DIMVA'10 Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Detection of intrusions and malware, and vulnerability assessment
A SMS-based mobile Botnet using flooding algorithm
WISTP'11 Proceedings of the 5th IFIP WG 11.2 international conference on Information security theory and practice: security and privacy of mobile devices in wireless communication
Proceedings of the 28th Annual Computer Security Applications Conference
Sensing-enabled channels for hard-to-detect command and control of mobile devices
Proceedings of the 8th ACM SIGSAC symposium on Information, computer and communications security
Easily instrumenting android applications for security purposes
Proceedings of the 2013 ACM SIGSAC conference on Computer & communications security
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Botnets are one of the most serious security threats to the Internet and personal computer (PC) users. Although botnets have not yet caused major outbreaks in the mobile world, with the rapidly-growing popularity of smartphones such as Apple's iPhone and Android-based phones that store more personal data and gain more capabilities than earlier generation handsets, botnets are expected to become a severe threat to smartphones soon. In this paper, we propose the design of a mobile botnet that makes the most of mobile services and is resilient to disruption. The mobile botnet utilizes SMS messages for C&C and a P2P structure as its topology. Our simulation results demonstrate that a modified Kademlia---a structured architecture---is a better choice for the mobile botnet's topology. In addition, we discuss potential countermeasures to defend against this mobile botnet threat.