Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A network of maliciously installed bots running on multiple computers.
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- noun Internet A collection of
zombies that are controlled by the samecracker ; a collection of compromised computers that is slowly built up thenunleashed as aDDOS attack or used to send very large quantities ofspam .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The term botnet refers to what the software does once you're compromised.
Macworld 2010
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And if the term "botnet" is a stumper, then the show and PBS are fulfilling their educational mission.
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A botnet is a network of infected computers that can number in the thousands, and that network is usually controlled by hackers through a small number of scattered PCs.
Internet security plan under review would alert users to hacker takeover Lolita C. Baldor 2010
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A botnet is a network of infected computers that can number in the thousands, and that network is usually controlled by hackers through a small number of scattered PCs.
Internet security plan under review would alert users to hacker takeover Lolita C. Baldor 2010
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Total machines active at any time in botnet networks: 15 million
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A botnet is a network of infected computers that can number in the thousands, and that network is usually controlled by hackers through a small number of scattered PCs.
Internet security plan under review would alert users to hacker takeover Lolita C. Baldor 2010
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The latest criminal activity linked to the ZeuS botnet is a software package tailored to BlackBerry and Symbian mobile phones and that picks off SMS messages, apparently to break the two-factor authentication that mobile bank customers use to access their accounts, researchers says.
ZeuS botnet has a new use: Stealing bank access codes via SMS Tim Greene 2010
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The gang running the behemoth Storm botnet is not fooling around today.
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The gang running the behemoth Storm botnet is not fooling around today.
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But the Storm botnet is far and away the largest ever measured.
john commented on the word botnet
"The new form of attack indicates that little progress has been made in defusing the threat of botnets, networks of infected computers that criminals use to send spam, steal passwords and do other forms of damage, according to computer security investigators."
The New York Times, Russian Gang Hijacking PCs in Vast Scheme, by John Markoff, August 5, 2008
August 6, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word botnet
I just love this word.
August 6, 2008
yarb commented on the word botnet
Me too.
August 6, 2008