What Is A Botnet?

A botnet is a group of compromised machines that a hacker/attacker has gained access to.

A bot or botnet typically uses a type of software application or script that performs tasks on command, allowing an attacker to use the strength of many to perform brute force, DDoS, and other attacks against their victim.

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