![]() ![]() Phishing messages can also lure naive users into downloading malicious software that adds the system to a botnet. If a vulnerable system is found, it is hacked and the botnet software installed. A bot herder may have systems randomly scanning the Internet for systems with unpatched vulnerabilities that allow for remote hacking. The hacker may also use these bots for data collection, as they can install spyware on the computer to monitor keystrokes, to constantly collect data, to use the system to monitor its network, or as a launch point for other attacks, including the collection of other bots.īotnets are typically formed through a variety of illicit means. The hacker can then use these computers to send out spams or launch DDOS attacks, where the bots of the botnet are commanded to direct large volumes of communication requests to a targeted system. Although the term can include legitimate networks of computers, the overwhelming use of the term is for computers that have been hacked and under the control of criminal hackers. ![]() Ira Winkler, Araceli Treu Gomes, in Advanced Persistent Security, 2017 Botnetsīotnets are essentially a set of Internet-based computers under a common controller. ![]()
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