Cloud-to-Device-Messaging (C2DM) Botnet

Introduction

The C2DM botnet is a proof-of-concept botnet prototype that exploits Google's Cloud to Device Messaging (C2DM) service as its C&C channel.

Publication

Shuang Zhao, Patrick P. C. Lee, John C. S. Lui, Xiaohong Guan, Xiaobo Ma, Jing Tao
"Cloud-based Push-Styled Mobile Botnets: A Case Study of Exploiting the Cloud to Device Messaging Service"
Proceedings of the 28th Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC 2012), Orlando, Florida, December 2012
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Version 0.1 (Sep 4, 2012).

People

The C2DM botnet is created by Advanced Network and System Research Laboratory in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).

Faculty:

Patrick P. C. Lee
John C. S. Lui

Student:

Shuang Zhao (visiting student from Xi'an Jiaotong University, China)

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