Botnets Glossary

Browse 3 botnets terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

3 Botnets Terms

Botnet Command and Control
Botnet Command and Control is the infrastructure and protocols used by an operator to manage compromised devices and distribute instructions. Security teams...
Distributed Denial of Service
An attack that overwhelms a target's network, service, or application using traffic or requests generated from many distributed systems at once. The...
IoT Botnet
A botnet made up of internet-connected devices such as cameras, routers, DVRs, or other embedded hardware that have been compromised and centrally controlled....

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