Botnets Here, Botnets There, Botnets EVERYWHERE
What are these “botnets” you keep hearing about? Botnets (think roBOT + NETwork—gets you “BOTNET”) are a network of secretly compromised, run-of-the-mill home and office computers that have malicious software—controlled by a solitary hacker or cybercrime ring. Hackers use botnets to execute a variety of cybercrimes like page rank sabotage, mass spamming, bitcoin mining, and…
