Botnet
A bot is a
computer that has been compromised through a malware infection and can be
controlled remotely by a cyber-criminal by command and control server.
Bot is short
for robot
Botnet could
be brought by a network worm it could be a virus or by a Trojan horse.
Types of
attack that can be launched after a computer has been taken over as a bot
include
(i) Spam
Bot: Spambot is a machine that automatically distributes spam emails
(ii) Denial
of Service: Attacker can do denial of service attack
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