Infographic: Botnets demystyfied and explained
McAfee has created a nice easy-to-understand Infographic explaining, what are botnets. With the rapid growth in malware and bot infections all around, it becomes important for all to understand what Botnets are and what Zombies are.
A botnet in simple words, is basically a collection of infected or compromised computers. These computers are called Bots. Such Bots are controlled by others and used for malicious purposes. Many such computers together comprise a Botnet. Such Botnets are controlled en masse via protcols such as IRC.
This Infographic nails the botnet lifecycle and economics just right… not too technical, not too simple.
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