How a Botnet Works?

  • Tuesday, 5th July, 2022
  • 14:06pm

A network of personal computers that have been infected by malicious software is known as a botnet. The machines are then remotely controlled by these hackers, frequently without the owners' knowledge.

Once they have taken control of your computer using botnets, hackers typically use it for other tasks, usually dubious or malicious ones. This may consist of:

1. using the resources of your computer to support distributed denial-of-service attacks (DDoS).
2. attacks meant to bring down rival websites.
3. sending spam emails to a large number of internet users.
4. creating fictitious internet traffic on a third-party website in order to profit.
5. changing the banner adverts in your web browser from those that are specifically targeted at you to those that are for things that will make them money.
6. Making pop-up advertisements to persuade you to pay to have something removed.

Botnet detection and prevention do not have a one-size-fits-all solution, however manufacturers and businesses can start by implementing the following security controls:

1. robust user authentication procedures;
2. only allowing firmware from the original vendor, secure remote firmware updates;
3. secure boot to make sure that only code provided by trusted sources is executed on the device;
4. to detect odd IoT traffic behavior using advanced behavioral analysis; and
5. ways for automating security controls in IoT networks before botnets may cause significant damage employing automation, machine learning, and artificial intelligence (AI).

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