Ghost: Concealing vehicular botnet communication in the VANET control channel

2016 International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, IWCMC 2016

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 1-6

  Garip, Mevlut Turker ^a   Reiher, Peter ^a   Gerla, Mario ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomous Cars; VANET Security; Vehicular Ad hoc Networks; Vehicular Botnet Communication; Vehicular Botnets

Indexed keywords

AD HOC NETWORKS; MALWARE; MOBILE COMPUTING; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

AUTONOMOUS CAR; BOTNETS; CONTROL CHANNELS; DRIVING EXPERIENCES; NETWORK TRAFFIC; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VANET SECURITIES; VEHICULAR ADHOC NETWORKS (VANETS);

VEHICULAR AD HOC NETWORKS;

EID: 84994155250     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IWCMC.2016.7577024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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