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Command and control
24 related topics
Smartphones
12 related topics
Countermeasures
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Architecture
11 related topics
Key facts & relationships
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Topics to explore
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Overview
- Internet
- Bots Internet bot
- Distributed denial-of-service Distributed denial-of-service attack
- Spam Spamming
- Portmanteau
- Robot
- Network Computer network
- Smartphones Smartphone
- Internet of things
- Security Computer security
- Malware
- Network protocols Network protocol
- IRC
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol
- Cyber criminals Cybercrime
- Rented out Cyber-arms industry
- Booter/stresser
Architecture
- Clients Client–server model
- Peer-to-peer
- Internet Relay Chat
- Domains Network domain
- Websites Website
- IRC botnets IRC bot
- Server Server (computing)
- Digital signatures Digital signature
- Gameover ZeuS
- ZeroAccess botnet
- IP addresses IP address
Core components
- Bot herder
- Covert channel
- Mega-D
- Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
- Computer science
- Hacker
- Computer virus
- Trojan horse Trojan horse (computing)
- E-mail spam Email spam
- Denial-of-service attacks Denial-of-service attack
- Zombies Zombie
Command and control
- Telnet
- Script Scripting language
- IP ranges Subnetwork
- SSH Secure Shell
- Encryption
- Public-key cryptography
- Rustock botnet
- Srizbi botnet
- Bulletproof hosting
- Web pages Web page
- Fast-flux DNS Fast flux
- Domain generation algorithms Domain generation algorithm
- DNS Domain Name System
- DynDns.org DynDNS
- No-IP.com No-IP
- Subdomain
- GitHub
- XMPP
- Tor Tor (anonymity network)
- Hidden services .onion
- Egress filtering
Others
- Hacktivists Hacktivism
- Low Orbit Ion Cannon
- 4chan
- Project Chanology
- Great Cannon of China Great Cannon
- Internet backbones Internet backbone
Construction
- Drive-by download
- Web browser vulnerabilities Browser exploit
- Packet Network packet
Common uses
- Shuman Ghosemajumder
- Spyware
- E-mail spam
- Spammers Spammer
- Bandwidth Bandwidth (computing)
- Click fraud
- Ad fraud
- Credential stuffing
- Bitcoin
Smartphones
- Text message
- SMS
- Symbian
- Nokia
- Charlie Miller Charlie Miller (security researcher)
- Proof of concept
- IPhone
- Black Hat Briefings
- United Arab Emirates
- Etisalat
- The New York Times
- Michael Gregg
Phishing
Countermeasures
Historical list of botnets
Advanced semantic analysis
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Map overview Semantic statistics
Number of nodes, edges, triples, density and central hubs. Use it to gauge the size and connectivity of the map.Botnet
Nodes121
Edges120
Triples200
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.016529
Components1
How this topic connects Entity context
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Botnet
Top relations
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
Important terminology Word statistics
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Important terminology
botnets bot irc server used bots control attacks use computer using software herder internet malware clients malicious domains also network
Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Botnet | is a | group of Internet-connected devices | 0.90 | text |
| Botnet | is a | logical collection of Internet-connected devices | 0.90 | text |
| its software version | instance of | The contacted bot replies with information | 0.80 | text |
| list of known bots | instance of | The contacted bot replies with information | 0.80 | text |
| DynDns.org | instance of | with domain generation algorithms being used to create new DNS names for controller servers.Some botnets use free DNS hosting services | 0.80 | text |
| No-IP.com | instance of | with domain generation algorithms being used to create new DNS names for controller servers.Some botnets use free DNS hosting services | 0.80 | text |
| and Afraid.org to point a subdomain towards an IRC server that harbors the bots | instance of | with domain generation algorithms being used to create new DNS names for controller servers.Some botnets use free DNS hosting services | 0.80 | text |
| GitHub | instance of | Removing such services can cripple an entire botnet.OthersCalling back to popular sites | 0.80 | text |
| instance of | Removing such services can cripple an entire botnet.OthersCalling back to popular sites | 0.80 | text | |
| instance of | Removing such services can cripple an entire botnet.OthersCalling back to popular sites | 0.80 | text | |
| instance of | Removing such services can cripple an entire botnet.OthersCalling back to popular sites | 0.80 | text | |
| the XMPP open source instant message protocol | instance of | Removing such services can cripple an entire botnet.OthersCalling back to popular sites | 0.80 | text |
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Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges
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