What is BotNet?
A Botnet is a group of computers that have been infected by malware and have come under the control of a malicious actor.
Botnets are workhorses of the internet. Their connected computers perform repetitive tasks to keep the website ongoing.
The botnet can be designed to accomplish illegal or malicious tasks including sending spam, stealing data, ransomware attack, fraudulently clicking on ads or distributed Denial-Of-Service(DDOS) attacks.
Some malware such as ransomware has a direct impact on the system. Whereas DDOS botnet has a different level of visibility as per the Attacker commands.
Some malware is designed to take total control whereas come run in the background process silently waiting for the instruction from the attacker or "bot Herder".
Some of the attacks can be done by using BotNet:
Botnets are workhorses of the internet. Their connected computers perform repetitive tasks to keep the website ongoing.
The botnet can be designed to accomplish illegal or malicious tasks including sending spam, stealing data, ransomware attack, fraudulently clicking on ads or distributed Denial-Of-Service(DDOS) attacks.
Some malware such as ransomware has a direct impact on the system. Whereas DDOS botnet has a different level of visibility as per the Attacker commands.
Some malware is designed to take total control whereas come run in the background process silently waiting for the instruction from the attacker or "bot Herder".
Some of the attacks can be done by using BotNet:
- Using your machine’s power to assist in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks to shut down websites.
- Emailing spam out to millions of Internet users.
- Generating fake Internet traffic on a third-party website for financial gain.
- Replacing banner ads in your web browser specifically targeted at you.
- Pop-ups ads designed to get you to pay for the removal of the botnet through a phony anti-spyware package.
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