Bot and Botnet
Bot
A program that can do things without the user of the computer having to give it instructions. Many bots are malware as they are installed without people's permission and can be controlled over the internet and used to send spam or steal data. Also known as web robots.
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)
An attack that uses multiple zombie computers (even hundreds or thousands) in a botnet to flood a device with requests.
command and control server
Computer or server being used by the botmaster to coordinate the attack
How to get a Bot
Through a trojan, vulnerability, or though a normal application.
True or False - DDoS can be sold to 3rd parties as a service
True - Distributed Denial of Service as a Service
distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack
a denial-of-service attack that sends a flood of data packets from many compromised computers simultaneously
Botnet
a group of compromised computers or mobile devices connected to a network