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botnet
[ bot-net ]
noun
- a network of computers created by malware and controlled remotely, without the knowledge of the users of those computers:
The botnet was used primarily to send spam emails.
Hackers built the botnet to carry out DDoS attacks.
botnet
/ ˈbɒtˌnɛt /
noun
- sometimes with a capital a network of computers infected by a program that communicates with its creator in order to send unsolicited emails, attack websites, etc
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of botnet1
Example Sentences
The company said that the attackers are physically located in China and often rely on botnets made up of routers or other types of IoT devices.
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Trickbot operators sell access to their vast number of infected machines to other criminals, who use the botnet to spread bank trojans, ransomware, and a host of other malicious software.
Along with other development choices, this leads us to believe that the botnet is used as a proxy network, potentially offered as an anonymization service.
We’re sure that they are going to notice and it will be hard for them to get back to the state that the botnet was in.
The attacks are often coordinated by a botnet, a web of compromised computers acting at the whim of the hackers behind the attack.
The attack was accomplished by means of a botnet, and for that I felt bad, but it was in the service of a good cause.
There are so many infected PCs on the Internet that the price of hiring an hour or two on a botnet has crashed.
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