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Botnet

A botnet is a group of Internet-connected devices, each of which runs one or more bots. Botnets can be used to perform distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, steal data, send spam, and allow the attacker to access the device and its connection. The owner can control the botnet using command and control (C&C) software. The word "botnet" is a…

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Architecture

Core components

Command and control

Others

Construction

Common uses

Smartphones

Phishing

Countermeasures

Historical list of botnets

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Botnet

Nodes121
Edges120
Triples200
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.016529
Components1

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Botnet

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related to Common uses · 26
Botnet → Ad, Ad Fraud, An, As, Aurora, Bad Actors, Bitcoin, CHEQ, Click, CNC, Commercial, Compromised, Credential, Distributed, E-mail, General Motors, Google, Internet, Self-spreading, Several
related to Smartphones · 19
Botnet → Also, August, Beginning, Black Hat Briefings, But, Charlie Miller, Etisalat BlackBerry, Examples, In, July, Later, Michael Gregg, Nokia, Sexy Space, SMS, Symbian, The New York Times, United Arab Emirates, We
related to Control protocols · 15
Botnet → An, Bringing, DDoS, DDoSing, For, IRC, Mega-D, Mega-D's SMTP, Messages, PRIVMSG, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, SMTP, Some, The, TOPIC
related to IRC · 14
Botnet → Anti-malware, DDoS, However, If, IRC, IRC XDCC, IRC-based, It, MaXiTE Bot, One, The, The RFC, They, To
related to External links · 12
Botnet → Botnet Battle Already Lost, Botnet Bust, Enemy, FBI, Guilty, Is, Know, Research Alliance, SpyEye Malware Mastermind Pleads, The Honeynet Project, The Shadowserver Foundation, Tracking Botnets
related to overview · 11
Botnet → Each, HTTP, Hypertext Transfer Protocol, Internet, Internet Relay Chat, Internet-connected, IoT, IRC, Law, Operating, The
related to Client–server model · 9
Botnet → Clients, Each, In, Infected, Internet, Internet Relay Chat, IRC, The, Typically
related to Domains · 9
Botnet → Disadvantages, If, IRC, Many, Rustock, Srizbi, The, They, This
related to Peer-to-peer · 9
Botnet → Gameover ZeuS, In, IRC, Newer, P2P, Rather, These, This, ZeroAccess
related to Zombie computer · 7
Botnet → Because, Botnets, DDoS, In, Internet, Most, The

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botnets bot irc server used bots control attacks use computer using software herder internet malware clients malicious domains also network

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Botnetis agroup of Internet-connected devices0.90text
Botnetis alogical collection of Internet-connected devices0.90text
its software versioninstance ofThe contacted bot replies with information0.80text
list of known botsinstance ofThe contacted bot replies with information0.80text
DynDns.orginstance ofwith domain generation algorithms being used to create new DNS names for controller servers.Some botnets use free DNS hosting services0.80text
No-IP.cominstance ofwith domain generation algorithms being used to create new DNS names for controller servers.Some botnets use free DNS hosting services0.80text
and Afraid.org to point a subdomain towards an IRC server that harbors the botsinstance ofwith domain generation algorithms being used to create new DNS names for controller servers.Some botnets use free DNS hosting services0.80text
GitHubinstance ofRemoving such services can cripple an entire botnet.OthersCalling back to popular sites0.80text
Twitterinstance ofRemoving such services can cripple an entire botnet.OthersCalling back to popular sites0.80text
Redditinstance ofRemoving such services can cripple an entire botnet.OthersCalling back to popular sites0.80text
Instagraminstance ofRemoving such services can cripple an entire botnet.OthersCalling back to popular sites0.80text
the XMPP open source instant message protocolinstance ofRemoving such services can cripple an entire botnet.OthersCalling back to popular sites0.80text

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