• Iduh Blessing Nwamaka
• Okonkwo, Raphael Obikwelu

Botnets have in recent times, become a very major challenge in the cyberspace. The Global Internet have experienced severe transformation from attacks designed mainly to disable internet infrastructure to those that also target people and organizations. At the center of these attacks are a group of compromised computers that have been infected and are now controlled by a botmaster. The owners of these systems are usually located in, schools, business premises, homes and the government, unknown to them that their systems are infected and is being used for malicious activities. This paper presents an analysis of the Botnet with respect to its architectural representation, classification and characterization in order to help coordinate the development of new technologies to face this serious security threat.

Peer to Peer (P2P), Botnet, Command and Control Channel (C&C), Botnet Detection, Cyber Security

"Analysis of Botnet Classification and Detection Techniques: A review", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 10, page no.195-201, October-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1810811.pdf

"Analysis of Botnet Classification and Detection Techniques: A review", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 10, page no. pp195-201, October-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1810811.pdf